Vol. 44 No. 1 — Summer 2024
Navigating tension appears to be the heart of this open-themed collection.
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Navigating tension appears to be the heart of this open-themed collection.
Drawing from the essence of my Maori heritage, and the knowledge that we are constantly surrounded by our tipuna (ancestors), I aimed to capture the spiritual energy that flows through all living things, in this
She sat up, leaning on one arm slightly to the side, scattering light and warmth as She rose. “It’s not that you don’t see Him. You can’t see Him. You’ve already accepted Him.”
I leave you to your busy shame
and the selling and the clamor
Religion coupled with active, relational faith and active, relational repentance — that is to say, the ongoing, eyes-wide-open practice of showing up before God and man in the spirit of learning, unlearning, trying again, and
I began to see my whole self as part of a larger system — a part of the world, a part of my family — rather than as a servant to it.
What is the danger to you
in remembering Her?
Today friends’ hearts are storming and I’m holding open my rain-barrel heartto catch and hold the pouring pain they’ll need to water gardens in spring. Today twenty-three students thanked me for teaching them to trust
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