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I have never met Luci Shaw. Nor did I have the privilege to know her late husband Harold. But when Luci shared...
“God’s relationship with us surrounds us like a house,” says Luci Shaw.“It is essential, the frame and backdrop for all thinking, doing, being.” Today we begin a new book club discussion on Shaw’s...
I’ve eaten campfire-baked pepperoni rolls, trail mix with marshmallows, cajun Spam melts, and powdered milk “tea” with vanilla and cinnamon, all in the outdoors. But I had never dined in the wilderness until...
This is your day to say, "If poetry is good for business, then poetry is good for me."
Though I worked until midnight last night and was dog tired, having got three hours of sleep the night before, I tossed for most of my six hours in the sack, trying not...
It is always useful to discuss your writing blocks with your children. They know how to knock down, restack, find a new...
For the last several weeks, we have been pleased to partner with the Englewood Review of Books to bring you some fine...
For the next several weeks, we are pleased to partner with the Englewood Review of Books to bring you some fine book...
Last year at SXSW Interactive, I was listening to some of my favorite social media gurus share stories of their technical success. The guys from CommonCraft were there, for instance, some of the...
The editorial staff here at TheHighCalling.org often asks me, “Where are we headed next? What are our goals?” I usually reply, “World...
Thanks to so many people who took up our Christmas in Verse invitation, posting something small to capture the "big things of Christmas."
This morning I told Michelle DeRusha I was glad she included the Stargazer lilies in her post. Their presence communicated something poignant and deep about her wider experience of grief and loss. ...
David Wheeler is a musician, essayist and now a published poet. His Contingency Plans: Poems was published last month by T.S. Poetry...
"I want to be a poet," I said to the air.
Hard work that, if done well, might ease another's tired soul—not solve anything necessarily, but perhaps unravel, unbind.
Fifty-four days until Christmas! Here at The High Calling we want to help you fill the stockings of all folks bookish on your list. This week we’re offering recommendations for your poetry lover…or...
