Tag: Adam ML Tice
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Dim the Light and Still the Clamor
During a difficult holiday season, I read a devotional by the Rev. Quinn G. Caldwell called “Smoor,” referencing the practice of covering a fire with ashes before bed. He suggested that this banking of the fire might also be a good practice for the spirit in times of grief. This piece is appropriate for a…
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My God, I Am A Harrowed Land
“for in Love’s field was never found / a nobler weapon than a wound.” A biography of St. Theresa of Avila brought me to this quote from Richard Cranshaw’s poetic tribute to her. The quote stayed with me for months, demanding exploration. Times of great loss can lead us into retreat and calcification; and they…
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Let There Be Rest
This hymn began as an exploration of the commandment to rest and to ensure rest for the people, animals, and land around us. I was inspired by ongoing conversations about rest as an issue of justice including the work of Tricia Hersey, the “Nap Bishop,” who teaches that rest can be both resistance and reparation.…
Hannah C Brown 