“Recreation And when we had invented death, had severed every soul from life we made of these our bodies sepulchers. And as we wandered dying, dim among the dying multitudes, He acquiesced to be interred in us. So when He had ascended thus into our persons and the grave He broke the limits, opening the grip, He shaped of every sepulcher a womb.” PoetryEastertideGreek Orthodoxy Author:Scott Cairns
“Centuries of dire prophecy have taught us all to be, well, unconvinced. And there have been decades, entire scores of years when, to be frank, wholesale destruction didn’t sound so bad, considering. You remember, we were all disappointed. That the world never ended meant we had to get out of bed after all...” SleepDoubtTiredTheologyProphecyApocalypse Book:Compass of Affection: Poems New and Selected Source: Compass of Affection: Poems New and Selected
“May our afflictions be few, but may we learn not to squander them.” MayAffliction Author:Scott Cairns