silence – Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings

Quiet

Over the past days and months there has been a lot of political noise. so much noise that I yearn for quiet, both within and without. Over the past several days we have had an abundance of snow and yet when snow falls it makes no noise whatsoever. Each snowflake makes its way to theContinue reading “Quiet”

Naming and Numbering the Horrors

This morning as I dug in the soil, clearing plants to make ready for a new flower bed, I was listening to the most recent New Yorker podcast Poetry. The podcast featured poet and translator Valzhyna Mort, from Minsk Belarus, who teaches at Cornell University. She translates between English, Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish. InContinue reading “Naming and Numbering the Horrors”