Jena Schwartz: Day 209
God pulls into a run-down motel and pays in cash. God wears a mask and walks slowly down the hallway and the one light bulb is flickering as he turns the key in the door.
Molly Fisk: Firmament
Daylight and darkness are real, and seasons,
but everything else is a story…
Michael Simms: Love
When I was a child, my mother told me
God has many faces
And She reveals Herself
In many ways.
George Yancy: Dear God, Are You There?
We are in a deep spiritual crisis that can’t be relieved by politics, or philosophy.
Yana Djin: Love
what i have asked, Lord, you have granted
thank you for the days
and nights
for the rays
that fall slanted
across the face
Stephen Dobyns: The Gardener
And he had imagined sitting in the evening
with his friend the Devil watching the small
human creatures frolic in the grass. They would
be like children, good natured and always singing.
When had he realized his mistake?
Jose Padua: Meditation on a Creator of Sorts Written While Eating Sweet Confections in the Rain
The moment feels half decadent and half desperate, these sugared minutes spent barely sheltered from the wetness of the storm, within earshot of the noise of thunder and as close … Continue reading
Charles W. Brice: Hitching Post
A hippie sings his heart out in front of Christ Church, Oxford, his voice out of tune with his out of tune guitar. Our guide, beer on his breath at … Continue reading
Ace Boggess: Ultra Deep Field
“Whenever we don’t understand something, we call it dark.” —Father Corbally of the Vatican Observatory . to free eyes from the keyholes of the skull give them feet for … Continue reading
Video: Alan Watts animated by South Park creators
Here is a compilation of a few of Alan Watts’ non-corporeal appearances animated by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the television show South Park.
Video: Mahatma Gandhi on the Existence of God
Recorded on 17th October, 1931, During His Visit to England. . Revered the world over for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was known to his many … Continue reading
Video: ‘Dust’ by Dorianne Laux
In this video, Dorianne Laux reads her poem Dust at the 2011 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. — Dust Someone spoke to me last night, told me the truth. Just … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Imperfect
What if all the great ones were imperfect: the Jesus who spent his last night in terror and crying, “Could you not stay awake with me for one hour” to … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Confessions of a Believer
My friend who hates God so much he doesn’t want him to exist really hates the pimping pastors and the Inquisitorial popes but I don’t argue with him. Atheists have … Continue reading
