Between Mirage and Miracle

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Between Mirage and Miracle

Selected Poems for Seasons, Festivals, and the Occasional Revelation

Poetry

Author: J. Barrie Shepherd

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Language: English

Published by: Wipf and Stock

Published on: 1st June 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9781621893998


Overview

In this volume, Shepherd selects from these, and from other unpublished works, to shape a series of poems that seek to portray and even illuminate, to some extent, the life of the spirit. They begin by tracing the progress of a typical year--January through December--but also by noting, and celebrating at times, the high points of The Christian Year: Lent-Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving, Advent-Christmas, and Epiphany.

Additional Content

Other, more generally themed, less calendar-related poems follow, including poems that reflect on the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center--an attack in which several of the author’s parishioners and friends were killed.

Reader Guidance

This is a book to be dipped into, rather than read right through. It should provide fertile soil for the practice of daily prayer and meditation.

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