Summer 2023

Contents

Also available as an audio issue and by podcast

Editorial

Forces of Endurance | Caroline Langston

Poetry

Miryam & Eve | Hannah Hinsch

Open | Paul Hostovsky

Jurisdiction, Why Do You Ask My Name? & The Old Road to Garry | Phillip Aijian

Acyanoblepsia | Jack Stewart

Ramen & The Nomad's Prayer | Charles Haddox

Alternate Sources of Light | Rachelle Scott

little dogs & Turkey Dump | Sydney Hegele

Meditation in the Time of War | Ginnie Goulet Gavrin

Prayer for a prisoner | Joseph Byrd

Infinity’s Ribcage | Lane Falcon

Fiction

Shelter | Emily Ver Steeg

Scotus | James Roderick Burns

Visual Arts

The Mythology of Memory | Lucy Bell

Everything with Wings | Sarah Walko

Na(ï)ve | Willy Conley

Interview

Art as Attention, Presence, Prayer: Visual Artist Scott Aasman
In Conversation with Emily Chambers Sharpe

Reviews

Spirit in the Dark Brings Religious Influence to Light
A Review of the Smithsonian Exhibit on Religion in Black Music, Activism and Popular Culture
Mary Amendolia Gardner

To See Beyond Walls
A Review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen
Cheryl Sadowski

Contemplative Practices

A Blessing for Your Breath | Rebekah Vickery

Drawing Praise: A Creative Reflection on Psalm 148 | Samir Knego

Cover Art: Untitled (flame 1) by Lucy Bell