Category: Art / Poetry

The Transfiguration of Mary

59.3, Art / Poetry, Worship and Politics

The Transfiguration of Mary is a response to a question: Who would visit Mary if she was transfigured like Jesus?

Broken Sestina for the al-Taba’een School

58.3, Art / Poetry, Liturgy in Times of Crisis

On August 10, 2024, Israeli jet fighters dropped US-made GBU-39 250-pound bombs on al-Taba’een school after the call to prayer, making it the deadliest attack on a school shelter yet because so many gathered in one place to pray.

Art by Steve Prince

58.3, Art / Poetry, Liturgy in Times of Crisis

The artwork featured in this issue was created by Steve Prince, director of engagement and distinguished artist in residence for the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He served as artist-in-residence for the 2023 Montreat Worship and Music Conference.

I’ll Meet You There

57.4, Art / Poetry, Article, Queering the Liturgy

There is a person at the corner coffee shop with purple eyeshadow and a mahogany beard, with a crooked-teeth opened-mouth laugh, who is so beautiful in their here-ness—I mean, as natural as a mushroom on log after rain—that they planted me square in the present moment.