Called to Action: Spirituality and Activism in the Work of Caron Tabb
By Visual Art Issue 118
She seeks out materials rife with metaphor—Jewish ritual objects, found objects, repurposed garments—then transforms them with paint, cement, fire, and text, with the goal of sparking dialogue, increasing empathy, and engaging in difficult conversations.
Read MoreA Superior Mirage Is a Particular Refraction of Light
By Poetry Issue 114
When my children ask questions,
I try to answer them truthfully, which means
admitting to failure.
Shabbas
By Essay Issue 114
I was trying to pray. How I yearned to pray! But I was both fascinated and repelled by this man’s presence.
Read MoreThe Wings
By Poetry Issue 114
On prayer, air travel, and finding place.
Read MoreThe Means of Healing: A Conversation with Martha Serpas
By Interview Issue 111
Becoming involved in a poem, allowing the lines to unfold, not knowing if there’s going to be a surprise, a turn, or deepening—this is very similar to being with a patient or family as a chaplain when I don’t have all the answers. Part of my job is to sit with them in uncertainty. It’s a big white space.
Read MorePsalm [What blossoms now]
By Poetry Issue 109
The absence of growth / a prayer I hold onto and it seems strange / to want something inside to die this much
Read MorePsalm [On the fifth day the epidural fell from my back]
By Poetry Issue 109
a dream that repeated: to find the good / you must uproot the pain
Read MoreAugust
By Poetry Issue 109
May the curious prayer of work keep me / in contact with the stone / / and who knows what else.
Read MoreLadders of Paradise
By Poetry Issue 107
do these monks with their straight lines / and right angles have the only franchise?
Read MoreFacts and Lies
By Essay Issue 107
Sometimes it seems inane. A woman visiting my church one Sunday morning came up and told me she saw a picture of me in a beautiful yellow dress. That was it, the whole prophetic word. Me in a yellow dress.
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