Spring 2023

Also available as an audio issue and by podcast

Contents

Editorial

Transcendence in the Here and Now | Caroline Langston

Poetry

Frida at Henry Ford Hospital & On My Back in Bed | Terri Brown-Davidson

Orphanage | Jesse Caverly

Initiation & Personal Theology | Eric Machan Howd

Sinai | James Hannon

Vertical Forests & Stories| Sanket Mhatre

Catch for Us the Foxes & Nebuchadnezzar | Jonathan McGregor

holding it in the basin, I waited stroking some of its blackened leaves | Cindy Rene

Praise Be & Living | Matthew James Babcock

Stamps | Paula M. Rodriguez

“Anybody Raptured Yet?” | Ace Boggess

Hope | Rolf Parker-Houghton

Finding Paradise in River Pretty, Missouri | Richard Jackson

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene II & Matthew 2:13-23 (Olives) | Zachery Dankert

Ritual | Will Neuenfeldt

On the Train, Mulling Over Menopause | Mary Buchinger

The Tryst | Mark Mansfield

In the Afterlife you live for keeps but | Gale Acuff

The Lake | Ellen June Wright

Fiction

A Wolf’s Heart | O Thiam Chin

Nonfiction

House of Worship | Heidie (Raine) Senseman

Visual Art

Four Encaustic Pieces | Jana Gering

Four Photographs | David A. Goodrum

Review

An Enfleshed Spirit: Reflections on Cole Arthur Riley’s This Here Flesh
Kolya Braun-Greiner

Contemplative Practices

Collaborating with God in Natural Dyeing | Ellie Benedict

A Blessing for Your Face | Rebekah Vickery

Soul Care Rhythms: Spring | Laura E. Peluso and Judy Ko

Cover Art: Crowns by David Goodrum

Special thanks to Katie Fisher for editorial assistance