Poet and Author

Deeper than words is the Word. Deeper than the abstract is the Incarnate. Deeper than prose is poetry. Therefore, if language is to be good, it must be in covenant with the truth. And if the truth is to be good, it must offer us the choice to give ourselves freely to it. In a word, it must be beautiful. And if the proud arm of Unbelief removes the trees called the True and the Good from the Garden, chopping them to stumps, then the tree called Beauty, pushing up from the homely root of self-giving love, will stretch out her bows and do the work of all three.

Recent Articles

Description of a Larry Dyke Painting

30/08/2018

An ekphrastic poem is one attempting to convert a work of art or artisanship into a vivid verbal description. This poem describes a scenic work by Friendswood artist Larry Dyke, “Majestic Vision I”, painted in 1995.

Hopkins Gives the Windhover a Voice

29/06/2018

Hopkins’ heart is stirred by the extravagant love gift of a single bird. It leads to greater awe: if noble things like this inspire wonder, how much more the common things, as common as the shine of plow-split earth and the glow of gashed open embers. We too, like Hopkins, are wooed by the Creator through the art he created. And we, like Hopkins, are to give it all a voice: a dialogue with the One through whom all things are made.

Three Servants on Your Day Off

23/06/2018

You need three servants to ensure a good day off: rest, refreshment, and reflection. Your heavenly Father knows you need them, for you are both clay and treasure, both biology and mystery: precious to Him.

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Wonder

Why are we here? Where are we going?
Ray Mayhew Articles Revised by Kurt

  • Choose Joy

    In a world whose troubles dwarf our own, is joy possible—even permissible?

  • The Bridge Called Beauty

    Innocent beauty welcomes us. It disarms our defenses and leads us to the borders of virtue,  justice, and the mystery of God. Why?

  • Life-Giving Limitations

    Freedom and joy come by the acceptance of our limitations, by realizing that in fact these actually define who I am as a unique person.

  • The Gardener of Eden

    The Hebrew verbs communicate a distinct personality and tender ethos of the “LORD God” as he introduces himself to the reader.

  • The Dialogue of the Gift

    We must realize that creation does not only say something about glory of God, but equally something about the value of mankind.

  • The Genesis Trajectory

    The overall arc of human history is released in Genesis 1 & 2, is redeemed from missing its mark by the Lamb, and reaches its intended destination in Revelation 21 & 22. God transforms Chaos to Comos, and we transform the Cosmos into a global garden-city: the Cathedral where God dwells with Man.

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