Practicing Prophecy: On Louis Simpson’s “The Inner Part”
{Antler contributor Rod Dixon follows up early posts about the ideas of poetry and prophecy with a bit of pragmatic, experimental practice. in this meditation, Dixon examine’s Louis Simpson’s poem “The...
View ArticleThrowback!: George Herbert’s “The Dawning”
{for Antler’s Throwback! Series, seasoned poets will discuss their favorite poems and poets and how those poems have come to shape their poetry, their faith, and their ideas about living and writing....
View ArticleInto the Wilderness
{this week’s post comes to us via Jeffrey Overstreet and a Patheos blog post. after reading this post and feeling that it almost perfectly embodied the mission that we have here at Antler, Jeffery...
View ArticleUse What Yo Daddy Gave You: On Poetry in Church {Awaken Series}
{one of Antler’s goals is to foster discussion about poetry in religious life–offering content for faith communities to discuss, share, and contemplate. in that vein, we also give careful consideration...
View Articlebasic math: on creativity and opening the kingdom
{in this snippet of his forthcoming book “making manifest”–available april 2013–teacher, author, and poet dave harrity asks some questions that invite believers to think about what they’re adding to...
View ArticleThe Loosened Tongue: Naught but Silence Can Express
In an earlier essay, featured here on Antler, I attempted to establish the legitimacy and shape of a modern poetic-prophetic ministry. One of the claims of that piece was that a prophet does not choose...
View Articlecreativity and peacemaking: poetry drone
i believe this world is a complicated place, that i’m nearly void of answers, and that—as thomas merton says in his famous prayer— “i have no idea where i am going.” (that prayer embodies most every...
View Articlemaking manifest round-up #3
in case you’ve missed the buzz, here’s just a few things being said about “making manifest: on faith, creativity, and the kingdom at hand” (if you haven’t gotten your copy yet, order it today!)...
View Articlebooks & culture review of MAKING MANIFEST
yesterday, CT’s site ran a fine review of MAKING MANIFEST, which was released digitally this week in a revised edition. check out the review here and tell everyone you know about it!
View Articlethe loosened tongue: the contagion of prophecy
“Is catching prophecy like catching measles?” William Taber asks this question in his pamphlet “The Prophetic Stream.” The language may be playful, but it raises legitimate questions: What role, if...
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