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Recent Posts
- 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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Ebony and Ivory: discussing the politics of race with young children
In the post-Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday period and in the midst of Black History Month, my kindergartner has had... -
Prodigal
Last week, at a familiar intersection, the sign a man held up said, “It doesn’t take much to be kind.” -
Favorites: Business Lunch
I asked a group with an empty chair if I could sit with them. A young man’s smile put me... -
Joining the Jesus Freaks
Do we believe, deep down, that the poor are that way because God wants them to be? -
No Soup For You!
I recently read this article in the Orlando Sentinel reporting on a third round of arrests of activists arrested for... -
Twelfth Lunch
November 11th, 2010 I gave away the last lunch (somehow, the story of the eleventh lunch was never recorded and... -
Bearing a Burden
It sounds corny, but by carrying around her belongings (two pairs of sturdy shoes, a box of office supplies, a... -
Number 7
I caught a glimpse of him opening the bag and then dropping it rather unceremoniously on the ground. He... -
What The Church is Doing Wrong
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Lunch 5- Out of the Comfort Zone
We (and our children) have had to learn to be gracious guests at both cockroach infested decrepit apartments and mansions... -
What if God Were One of Us?
We try to equalize as much as possible, because I know that’s how God sees us. There is not... -
Duped?
I was pleased to have given away my fourth lunch, but in retelling the story, I began having doubts.... -
Spreading Good Cheer
I called out- “I have a lunch!” With out missing a beat, he replied, “Not anymore you don’t!” -
Do-er or Hear-er?
What in your life shows that you are a do-er, and not just a hear-er? -
Anticipation
We were on our way to church as a family, and I thought it would be a good... -
The First Lunch
A middle-aged Hispanic man is walking past the car where I pull up to the light. He sits down on...