FOR the last century, serious poetry has been largely secular. Literary types see religion as something literature has gotten over. Poets who fail to vanquish any Christian spirituality beyond what is ...

Toward the end of Vascola Stoney's poetry performance, there's a moment when she hesitates and tears stream down her cheeks. She's said the words to "Why" plenty of times, but when she describes her ...

In Act 4 of our seven act drama of consolation: God speaks! In previous episodes, the people of Israel went to school. They learned to see God in the stars, and their history in rocks and stones. Last ...

Video of a slam poetry performance by a twenty-year-old University of North Carolina drama student is going viral, with nearly 70,000 views on YouTube. The controversial title and message of his poem: ...

The Bible teaches us, says Matthew Mullins, but its method of teaching always entails more than information and guidance. The Bible has much to say about its own purpose and authority. Among the most ...

My god is a short god. My god wears jeans. When he swims, he has a lazy breaststroke. When he gardens, he uses his bare hands. My god watches reruns of late night talk shows. zero gravity and say My ...

War, impending war and exile forced by war, are increasing preoccupations in the work of Ladan Osman – not so much the wars, but the damage that they do to everyday people who are trying to live in ...

Now that we're done with all that fiscal cliff wrangling (sort of), it's time to move on to priority No. 2: the next year in poetry. Just kidding. But, with the whole year stretching out before us, it ...