Book Review: Shadows of Ecstasy and Rumours of Glory by John Mabry
BY G. CONNOR SALTER Shadows of Ecstasy and Rumours of Glory: The Influence of Charles Williams on the Songwriting of Bruce Cockburn by John Mabry. Apocryphile Press, 2026. Paperback, 148 pages. Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886 –1945) was called many things. Biographer Grevel Lindop calls him “the third Inkling” because...
The Zeal of a Carmelite
By SISTER AGATHA YEN PHAM O prophet, holy Elijah, Carmelite father, blazing with fire, You cast your life into the desert, A hermit consumed by holy desire. A flame of longing, fierce and bright, Seeking union with the Lord of Hosts, You taught us the sacred Word, To meditate, no matter the cost. Day and …...
Ramadan Reflections
BY ARUSHA AFSAR Composed in 2022. With the passing of each moment, day, week, month and having just having survived an apocalyptic three year long pandemic, reaching Ramadan this year was almost like landing on the safety of the ‘GO’ spot on a monopoly board and collecting $200. A much needed mental, spiritual and physical...
Exploring Cancer and Redemption through Borrowed Stories: Interview with Karlee Rene Bowlby
BY G. CONNOR SALTER Karlee Rene Bowlby met her husband, Ewan, in online seminars in 2021, when they were both students at the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. As discussed in a profile for the Telegraph, Ewan had his first seizure at 16 and …...
The Stone, the Shell, and the Lance
BY LAWRENCE HALL (See William Wordsworth, Prelude, Book V, line 70 and following) Mathematics were always quarried stones to me A chaos of integers, carries, and sums Cascading down a dusty, crumbling slope And piled up as a useless heap of rubble But words, layered words, curving and dancing words Are shimmering shells in stilly...
