The Pastor as Minor Poet
The Pastor as Minor Poet

Author: M. Craig Barnes

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2008-12-30

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 0802829627

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Today s pastors often expected to be multitasking marvels who can make their churches "successful" are understandably confused about their role. Craig Barnes contends that the true calling of a pastor is to assist others in becoming fully alive in Christ to be a "minor poet." The pastor absorbs the wisdom of major poets the biblical poets as well as the church s theological poets and distills its essence for parishioners. / The Pastor as Minor Poet calls pastors to continually search for a deeper, truer understanding of what they see both in the text of Scripture and in the text of their parishioners' lives. Discerning the subtexts beneath these texts reveals the core truths that allow pastors to preach the heart of the Word and to understand the hearts of the people to whom they minister. Written with a seasoned pastor s depth of understanding and a poet's sensibility and sensitivity, this book will minister to and inspire pastors everywhere.

One With Others
One With Others

Author: C.D. Wright

Publisher: Copper Canyon Press

Published: 2012-12-11

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1619320169

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Honored in "Best Books of the Year" listings from The New Yorker, National Public Radio, Library Journal, and The Huffington Post. "One With Others represents Wright's most audacious experiment yet."—The New Yorker "[A] book . . . that defies description and discovers a powerful mode of its own."— National Public Radio "[A] searing dissection of hate crimes and their malignant legacy."—Booklist Today, Gentle Reader, the sermon once again: "Segregation After Death." Showers in the a.m. The threat they say is moving from the east. The sheriff's club says Not now. Not nokindofhow. Not never. The children's minds say Never waver. Air fanned by a flock of hands in the old funeral home where the meetings were called [because Mrs. Oliver owned it free and clear], and that selfsame air, sanctified and doomed, rent with racism, and it percolates up from the soil itself . . . In this National Book Award finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, C.D. Wright returns to her native Arkansas and examines explosive incidents grounded in the Civil Rights Movement. In her signature style, Wright interweaves oral histories, hymns, lists, interviews, newspaper accounts, and personal memories—especially those of her incandescent mentor, Mrs. Vittitow—with the voices of witnesses, neighbors, police, and activists. This history leaps howling off the page. C.D. Wright has published over a dozen works of poetry and prose. Among her honors are the Griffin Poetry Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship. She teaches at Brown University and lives outside of Providence, Rhode Island.

Young Adventure. a Book of Poems
Young Adventure. a Book of Poems

Author: Stephen Vincent Benet

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780342529339

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A Minor Poet
A Minor Poet

Author: Amy Levy

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-16

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9780266402428

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Excerpt from A Minor Poet: And Other Verse I must confess it; I can feel the pulse A-beating at my heart, yet never knew The throb of cosmic pulses. I lament The death of youth's ideal in my heart And, to be honest, never yet rejoiced In the world's progress - scarce, indeed, discerned (for still it seems that God's a Sisyphus With the world for stone). You shake your head. I'm base, Ignoble? Who is noble - you or I I was not once tizas 9 Ah, my friend, we are As the Fates make us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Minor Poet in a Minor Key
A Minor Poet in a Minor Key

Author: Michael Incitti

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-10

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780692599358

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A collection of lyrical works written over the span of 25 plus years, "A Minor Poet In A Minor Key" is not only inspirational, but slightly autobiographical. While songwriting is often thought of as a process of pure intuition, it's very rarely the intuition is explained to the reader. Interpretations are left open and backgrounds are concealed. In "A Minor Poet In A Minor Key," the inspiration behind each lyrical work is presented. This unique approach allows the reader a chance to become close to the author through the stories that unfold from each piece.