A Decrepit Father Indeed!
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Sitting for an hour at an outside café / Sipping coffee and writing verse and, yes / Discreetly noting elegant mademoiselles – / I never got to Paris, but my daughter did
Read MoreAuthor: LSMeditors
We Can’t Take Our Books with Us When We Die
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … We can’t take our books with us when we die / That reality shouldn’t bother me, but it does: / The copy of The Brothers Karamazov / I carried in Viet-Nam – off to a re-sale shop?
Read MoreEvery Morning Begins with Sunlit Hope
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Every morning begins with sunlit hope / Perhaps an echo of the Passover seder / “Why is this morning unlike all other mornings?” / Because this day our hope will be fulfilled
Read MoreSpring 2024: Nature
Join us as we explore the True, the Good, and the Beautiful: Nature! In this issue you will find multiple poems on various aspects of nature, plus pigs, Fibonacci numbers, and beyond! As ever, there is still Bible Trivia, Controversy Corner and plenty more!
Read MoreFaithful Friday: James the Lesser
By T.K. Wilson … James, the son of Alpheus, was one of the original Twelve Apostles called by Christ at the start of his ministry. According to tradition, he is one of Jesus’s cousins or half-brothers and brother of St. Jude. He is called “the Lesser ” or “The Just ” to avoid confusion with James son of Zebedee – though even this is disputed!
Read MoreYou Are The Poem
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … A camera time-stops images as electrical codes / Formed by Kyanon Kabushiki Gaisha / And if that is not high art, then what is? / But codes are not you in your many dimensions…
Read MoreIn View of Eternity: The Penitence of Moll Flanders and Nala Ray
By Ruth Anne Amsden … Nala Ray, a former Only Fans star, has made a very public confession of her conversion to Christianity and of her forsaking of her past life. Christians of all denominations are calling her conversion into question and arguing over whether or not it is possible for anyone to be forgiven and restored to relationship with God after living such a lifestyle.
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Pope Cletus
By Lyn Wilson … Pope Cletus, sometimes known as Anacletus, was the third Bishop of Rome after St. Peter and Linus. We know very little about this man’s life and yet his name is remembered through history.
Read MoreThe Pulitzer People Did Not Telephone Today
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The Pulitzer people did not telephone today / Nor did the Library of Congress or the folks at Nobel / I could paper a room with rejection slips / Except that rejections are electronic now
Read MoreFinal Gifts
By Samantha Terrell … The last communion I ever took with my dad was grape juice from a prefilled plastic cup – the type that’s filled with creamer at the diner. We had a lot of losses in that era (at the moment, I can’t stomach counting them all), but Dad is the only one I got to commune with – behind a curtain pulled for privacy in the ICU.
Read MoreFaithful Friday: St Aelfheah
By Ian Wilson … Born in 954 in Somerset, England, Aelfheah had everything – a noble family, wealth, food, drink, servants – yet none of those things had affected him so much as knowing and drawing nearer to God. Much to his family’s dismay, Aelfheah entered the monastery, where he was respected for his austerity and extreme piety.
Read MoreMethinks I Have Astronomy
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Methinks I have astronomy; it must be so: / Today the moon eclipsed the jovial sun / And through the clouds and rain a darkness ruled / But with my little car’s headlights I backed it down
Read MoreWhen the Lilies Attempt to Toil
By Cordelia Fitzgerald … Lilies of the Field is a modest film with a comparatively small cast, simple plot, and a light load of English dialogue. Homer Smith, a traveling handyman, finds himself employed by some German nuns with a dubious revenue stream and consequently becomes invested in their (or rather, the Mother Superior’s) dream, which turns out to be the basis of the story. Again, it is a simple film – but it is a battle of wills.
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Adoniram Judson
By Sarah Levesque … Adoniram Judson, missionary to Burma (Myanmar), was born on August 9, 1788 in Malden, Massachusetts. After a period of skepticism, Judson studied theology at Andover Theological Seminary in his home state…
Read MoreSo Fast Thou Grow’st
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … You will make something beautiful in any event / Even if only a silly ceramic frog / Holding a perfectly pointless umbrella / Upon the tree-stump where you feed the birds
Read MoreGuardians Of Atlanta Episode 4 – Crusader: The Exile of William Avery
By Joshua David Ling … William’s head bled from the flat of Brock’s axe / Everything happening seemed to be going too fast. / He blinked as he stared through the glare of the sun / But his ears did not fail when Fenris yelled “RUN!”
Read MoreFaithful Friday: Juliana of Liege
By Ian Wilson … In her youth, Juliana had quickly learned Latin and memorized the works of St. Augustine and St. Bernard of Clairvaux, devoting herself to theological study; an unusual pursuit for a woman in her time. At the young age of 13, Juliana was welcomed into the order.
Read MoreTime Will Play the Tyrant
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Time need not play the tyrant; we have tyrants enough / But it is true that we must go away / When time and God say we have played our game / And must withdraw into another world
Read MoreThe Easter Vigil
By Cordelia Fitzgerald … The vessel within the vessel of human flesh / Pierced but not hardened by iron transfixed, / Grief and lead-laden from hours of pain unmixed / With comfort, now comfort seeks in her God.
Read MoreMy New Career as a Doorman
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … I used to light a candle for you before Mass / With a prayer that ascended to Heaven / For as long as the candle remained lit / Even after everyone departed, deep into the night
Read More
LogoSophia Magazine 