People hear that you grew up religious, and they can’t imagine you’d have a complex relationship with faith. If you believe one part, you must believe it all. But who gets more chances to see the absurdities than the devout? An answer that’s satisfying on Sunday becomes contradictory by Wednesday night. Belief is a wrestling [...]
Archive for September, 2009
A Post-Pentecostal Musing.
Posted in Faith, Nonfiction on September 12, 2009 | 8 Comments »
36 Tweets About 9/11.
Posted in Nonfiction, tagged childlike envy, frenemies, Loss, September 11, Twin Towers on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, I found myself on Twitter, reading a lot of reflections on the collapse of the Twin Towers. Usually, I don’t write about 9/11 because I don’t feel like it impacted me as profoundly as it has many of my friends, friends who were there, friends who lost loved ones, friends who’ve since gone [...]
Poetry Sundays with Stacia: A Conversation with Tara Betts.
Posted in Poetry, Sundays with Stacia (Aliyasking.com), tagged Arc & Hue, Tara Betts on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick reminder that I’m blogging about poetry over at AliyaSKing.com on Sundays. This week, we feature an interview with the lovely, gracious, wonderful poet Tara Betts whose book, Arc & Hue, was released September 1.
Here’s one of my favorite excerpts from our conversation:
There is no easy path to writing. It’s hard work and [...]
