In the Stillness: Poems, Prayers, and Reflections

By Elizabeth Mills. Inner Light Books, 2018. 112 pages. $25/hardcover; $12.50/paperback; $10/eBook.

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Many, many things happen in the stillness of worship. In the Stillness is a gentle, measured sharing of Elizabeth Mills’s experiences, which felt to me like walking a labyrinth. There is an absence of surprise, twists, or change of focus in the poems; instead, they feel like the sureness of walking into the center of a labyrinth, or listening to the intonations of a trusted Friend. The poems land like familiar voices describing the richness—the limitlessness—of where we are when we are in the stillness. At the end of most poems, Mills leaves us with either the simple word “Amen” (so be it), or a biblical citation to link the poem to a chapter and verse in the Bible. This may indicate the source of her inspiration, or guide us to further reading (or both).

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