Ash Wednesday

It is hard to believe that Ash Wednesday is upon us, with Lent coming in […]

We continue our tradition of anonymous Ash Wednesday reflections on rest: …the night cometh, when […]

From the wonderful play The Cocktail Party, well into the poet’s Christian phase. A man’s wife […]

1. Over at Internet Monk, a thoughtful Ash Wednesday article explores singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt’s legacy […]

Another in a budding tradition of anonymous Ash Wednesday posts: A few years ago, an […]

Much like the nation of Greece, the season of Lent is characterized by “austerity measures.” […]

“Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and […]

Eliot’s Four Quartets remain among his most critically acclaimed and notoriously inscrutable works. Although there’s […]

A sweet meditation from Psalm 32 on the huge release that comes from admitting what […]

A close friend of Mockingbird contributes the following reflection on the meaning of the day, […]
Poem 260 I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s […]

It’s been two weeks since the Pensacola Mini-Conference, and Gil Kracke’s excellent break-out session is […]