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Poetry
Vermont Solstice
Light brighter than the sun / pierced the midsummer night. / Thunder on the mountain.
James Hannon
Poetry
Stone Egg in Aerie
At the edge of twisted pine and spruce woods, / we found a trail sign, / “Hunter’s Cove .5 mi.”Â
J. de Richemond
Poetry
Black and White
"every morning I slip robes onto outstretched arms..."
Cai Quirk
Poetry
Finding God
“God is everywhere but He is losing.”—Margaret Atwood
Ed Higgins
Poetry
Perennials
"When I biked up the hills / to your house, I saw you / planting bulbs in your yard..."
Mary Timberlake
Poetry
If You Can’t Love an Ordinary Bird
"If you can’t love an ordinary bird, / a cardinal, for example, on a branch..."
Neil Kennedy
Poetry
Old Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
"What's left of George Fox / is somewhere nearby..."
Bartholomew Barker
Poetry
Nona and the Polenta
—For Ian, Sadie, April: your great-grandmother’s story Lombardia was a banquet before the Germans carvedthe green hills with their black…
Suellen Wedmore
Features
Bearing False Witness
Sometimes people aren't who they seem.
Andrew Huff
Features
Why I Got Arrested at the Border
A walk along the beach—and an interfaith plea for the soul of a nation.
Lucy Duncan
Michael S. Juras
Juras—Michael S. Juras, 62, on September 7, 2017, in Columbia, S.C., unexpectedly, with his loved ones by his side. Michael…
Reflection
God Sightings on the Hiking Trail
Reflection: Life is dark and life is full of light.
Bernadette Kero
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