Between Mirage and Miracle

In this volume, Shepherd selects from these, and from other unpublished works, to shape a series of poems that seek to portray and even illuminate, to some extent, the life of the spirit. They begin by tracing the progress of a typical year--January through December--but also by noting, and celebrating at times, the high points of ""The Christian Year"" Lent-Easter, Pentecost, Thanksgiving, Advent-Christmas, and Epiphany. Other, more generally themed, less calendar-related poems follow, including poems that reflect on the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center--an attack in which several of the author's parishioners and friends were killed. This is a book to be dipped into, rather than read right through. It should provide fertile soil for the practice of daily prayer and meditation.

Author: J. Barrie Shepherd

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers

Publication Date: Jun 01, 2012

Number of Pages: 120 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1610974972

ISBN-13: 9781610974974