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- Psaltery & Lyre’s New Site
- 123 Psaltery & Lyre: “Agricola Dreams of Flying” by J. Rose Lara
- 122 Psaltery & Lyre: “Communion: a love poem (a villanelle)” by Rachel Bollinger
- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
- Book Review: Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies
- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
- Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
- Book Review: Matthea Harvey, If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
- Book Review: LoterÃa Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
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doubt Archive
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47 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Skull-locked”
Posted on February 21, 2013 | 1 Comment"o quiet indweller / can we ever / know if you / be more / than skull-locked?" -
I Am An Outsider
Posted on October 22, 2012 | 19 CommentsFor a time, the work of my spiritual life was about separating and letting go of the things I didn't believe. Now, I face a different work. -
42 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: The Only Thing I Know
Posted on October 15, 2012 | 15 CommentsThe faith that had once seemed so unshakable in my youth had dissipated. Instead of warmth and hope, I felt hollow. -
Choosing Faith in the Face of Doubt
Posted on September 17, 2012 | 10 CommentsThe truth is that some things will hurt and be difficult. The truth is that some questions will never be fully resolved. Part of a mature faith is accepting the inherent ambiguity of life and acting in accordance with our deepest hopes anyway. -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: What If?
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 12 CommentsNow I was laughing, giddy with freedom. "I don't know if You're there! I don't know what any of this means!" The more I said it, the more it filled me, that burning in the bosom, that unbridled peace. -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Letting Go
Posted on July 22, 2012 | 6 CommentsI realized that I'd always had it backwards. Spirituality didn't come from holding the power of God inside your body like a form of light. It didn't come from knowing all the answers, from soothing other people's pain or from living a perfect life. -
04 Dear Jack: The Girl Who Talks to Animals
Posted on November 4, 2011 | 3 CommentsDear Jack, My husband and I both grew up in the Mormon Church. He is still a more literal believer while I am a friendly agnostic. We have a good relationship and we respect each other’s beliefs, although it took time and effort to get […]