The Wisdom of Wild Grace Advent hoping—just as I have come

hoping—just as I have come to hope about experience in general—to make something of it

From the lush romanticism of the setting of Psalm 137 by Charles Loeffler (composed in 1901) to the adventurous setting of De Profundis by Arnold Schoenberg (composed in 1950)

It finds expression in the inner light that carries us through dark seasons and in what inspires us to risk life in the face of death

and the one I must urge people to read

the disease is untreatable

The Wisdom of Wild Grace Advent hoping—just as I have comeAt the core of this collection are 30 poems inspired by the stories of kinship between saints and animals. They come mostly from the early Christian desert and Celtic traditions, but also feature later medieval saints like St. Francis of Assisi and St. Julian of Norwich. These stories point to a reverence for a different way of knowing and being in the world, one our world is hungry for. Each poem in this collection is meant to be a doorway to