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E. D. Watson

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IN PRAISE OF HIDEOUSNESS

All praise the lepers, praise the boars praise mud and dust and filth, the flies, metal buildings with metal doors. … More

E. D. Watson, healing, hospital, poem, poetic medicine, Poetry, spirituality, surgery

Prayer Built of Words

God sometimes I forget your first languageisn’t English. Not Arabic nor Aramaic–those words you had to learn. We taught youhow … More

God, Poetry, poets, prayer, spirituality, writing

PRAYER AGAINST TWO DIMENSIONS

I don’t want to be one of those people folded over a cell phone screen like a larva, sucking from … More

E. D. Watson, memes, poem, Poetry, prayer, spirituality, tech, writing

INVOCATION OF GOD AS WOMAN

God I cannot picture you with breasts and the dark triangular bush from which I emerged, along with all. I … More

feminism, God, goddess, poem, Poetry, prayer, spirituality, womanhood, writing

The Couch in the Jordan River

The couch in the Jordan River took me by surprise. No, it was worse than that; I felt insulted. From … More

baptism, Christianity, faith, God, Israel, Jordan River, pilgrimage, religion, spiritual journey, spiritual tourism, spirituality, travel

The Road is My Religion

Sometimes I bump into some cool people and interesting stuff, which might not happen if I could see where I were going.

adventure, Christianity, Jerusalem, pilgrimage, religion, spirituality, the way of St. James, travel, truth

The Starlight in My Soul’s Dark Night

Dark nights happen to some and not others, and only God knows why. St. John of the Cross called it a holy experience. Tell that to my priest, I wanted to say. Tell it to my husband, who still mourns the “nice Christian girl” he thought he married.

Christianity, dark night of the soul, Easter, Eastern Orthodox Church, faith, Holy Week, icons, idols, Jesus, John the Baptist, Mary, religion, spirituality, St. John of the cross

In Which I Meditate Upon Trees and Grasp at Hopefulness in Spite of the Impending Election and My Own Personal Problems

Yesterday my husband and I planted a tree. It seemed like a hopeful thing to do in these uncertain and … More

election day, hope, marriage, nature, presidential election, spirituality, trees

Confessions of a Mystic Manqué

I’ve always wanted to be a mystic. Not of the crystal ball variety, but like Teresa of Ávila, or even … More

Christianity, drug use, faith, mystic, mysticism, Phillip K. Dick, religion, spirituality, Teresa of Avila

Why Go To Church?

Last Friday, I went back to the Orthodox Church I’d all but stopped attending. I’m sort of obsessed with the … More

Christianity, church, Easter, Eastern Orthodox, faith, God, Kenneth Leong, religion, spirituality, The Zen Teachings of Jesus, tradition

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