Winter 2026
Contents
Also available as an audio issue and by podcast
Editorial
Frozen Fire | Caroline Langston
Poetry
The Centurion's Report | Richard Jackson
It Is What It Is | Dion O'Reilly
Snowfall at Aojima Shrine, New Year’s Day | Bern Mulvey
Banlieue blues | Trevor Cunnington
Little Dog | Johanna Caton, O.S.B.
In the Beginning & Study in Light | Kelly Sawin
Ricercar (rēCHərˈkär) music composition derived from the verb ricercare & Evensong | Evan Leslie
Everything in the Dream Is Me, Says Jung | Mary B. Moore
Vessel | Ali Beheler
It Happened | Temima Weissmann
Hopi Rain Dance | Daril Bentley
Epiphany XIV: Nigh | James B. Nicola
Under Van Gogh's Stars | Liza Moore
Nonfiction
As the Mind Dissolves | Chris Weigel
In Defense of Bad Meditation | K. D. Battle
Visual Arts
Never the Same Again | Jocelyn Mathewes
Al Fatiha: The Opening | Alison Kysia
Manifesting the Unseen | Ernest Williamson III
Interview
Making Sense of Things in Community: Poet Jon Bishop
In Conversation with Christopher Honey
Reviews
“A kind of tribute to what we are” | Rachel Grandey
A Review of Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
“Relieving the burden of . . . unattainable ideals” | Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo
A Review of Unmaking Mary by Chine McDonald
Contemplative Practices
Being Present: Finding God in Silence | Luke Wood
Lectio of Belonging: Resting in the Voice of Love | John Farrelly
Cover Art: Alison Kysia. Al Fatiha: The Opening, 2023. Ceramic. 60 L x 60 W x 5 H inches.
Manifesting the Unseen
by Ernest Williamson III
I began painting seriously at nineteen. The glorious works of the old masters, such as Raphael, El Greco, Da Vinci, and Picasso had a profound impact on me and inspired me to develop my own artistic vision.
Making Sense of Things in Community: Poet Jon Bishop
In Conversation with Christopher Honey
Jon Bishop holds an MFA in poetry from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. His work has appeared in both print and online, and he lives in New Hampshire with his family.
“A kind of tribute to what we are”
A Review of Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024; this edition Virago paperback, 2025)
by Rachel Grandey
Novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson has built her decades-long literary career on close readings of the numinous,
“Relieving the burden of . . . unattainable ideals”
A review of Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood by Chine McDonald (Hodder Faith, 2025)
by Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo
In Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood, Chine McDonald draws on sociological criticism, fresh theological responses, and her own motherhood to examine the role of Mary for mothers and the faithful.
Being Present: Finding God in Silence
by Luke Wood
Modern life rushes past us at a ruthless pace. Sometimes I feel as though I’m a spectator of my own existence.
Lectio of Belonging: Resting in the Voice of Love
by John Farrelly
There is a point in our spiritual journey when the call to shine gives way to the invitation to rest.