As I stumble into my later years, I seem to know less and less. And I find myself – often in desperation – pulling what I think of as my childhood rabbit out of its hat. That is to say, when the conve ...

The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

Poetry, art, religion are precious things,” wrote John Dewey (1859–1952), a Vermont native and influential American ...

SHARON AUBERLE “I know enough to refuse to say that life is good, but I act as though it were…” – Lisel Mueller, poet I know ...

A new anthology edited by US poet laureate Ada Limón invites us into the natural world.

In 'Cosmic Connections,' Charles Taylor focuses on how art, and poetry in particular, both expresses and responds to the unique human experience of “being modern.” ...

Many people choose to give up something during this season as an exercise in self-denial. Might we not instead ask God what ...

While seeking another stay in the White House, Donald J. Trump did what most politicians do: promised the moon to those who might help him get elected. Trump also assured us that promises made would ...

In her new book, "I Am Maria," the child of the Kennedy family, broadcast journalist, wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and – after the end of her marriage – a woman in search of herself offers an ...