In my previous post, I described modern psalmists as public servants (not necessarily professional) who embody a story with vivid imagery and whose body of work expresses the wide range of human experience. This writing reflects on our current efforts… Read More »We Need Psalmists (II)
May music move our story alongEven if it’s not quite a song.May our voices paint the air with shalomEven if no one says, ‘what a poem!’ Since I began working through the Psalms consecutively, rather than skipping around to find… Read More »We Need Psalmists (I)
Prayer in the Night:For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep Tish Harrison Warren Hardback: IVP Books, 2021 Reviewed by Mark Bair, first published in the Englewood Review of Books I first encountered Tish Harrison Warren’s work in her book Liturgy… Read More »Review of Prayer in the Night
I’m done trying to perfect this poem. Here it is. The Liberating Tremor Mark Bair 2020 Dreaming longinglyFor her wedding day,She was disruptedBy a divine disturbance,A tremor tearingTerra firma under her,And pouring privilege prodigally. ‘Why me?’‘Why has a debtor been… Read More »The Liberating Tremor: A Christmas Poem
As I noted last week, I am trying to participate in the Advent season, which takes place over the four weeks before Christmas. In Advent, we are invited to long for the beauty of Christ’s coming even as we look… Read More »Musings of an Advent Rookie II