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August 2016

August 26, 2016

Poetry Friday: “The Embrace”

Poetry can recall us to the sensuousness of ordinary experience. Elizabeth Smither does this in...

August 25, 2016

In the Company of Women, Part II

By Jeffrey Overstreet Continued from yesterday. “You’re the sort of man who can’t know anyone...

August 24, 2016

In the Company of Women, Part I

By Jeffrey Overstreet In late July of 1992, Batman Returns ruled the box office. I...

August 23, 2016

Chimayo and the Bloody Knees of Jesus

“I want a holy experience!” I say to my companions, Amy and Danielle, leaning toward...

August 22, 2016

Sitting Together: A Week at the Glen Workshop

I’m an introvert who loves to talk, an often confusing combination that can leave me...

August 19, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Recovery”

What I like about this poem is how it slides almost unnoticeably from a simple,...

August 18, 2016

The Cost of Glory

Here I sit, watching the Olympics again; it hooks me every time. I always say...

August 17, 2016

Florence Foster Jenkins, Holy Fool

By Asher Gelzer-Govatos In many respects the new film Florence Foster Jenkins takes a paint...

August 16, 2016

The Neglected Garden, Part II

Continued from yesterday. The dollhouse my father was building for me was still unfinished when...

August 15, 2016

The Neglected Garden, Part I

When my father built the house where I was born, the land was flat and...

August 12, 2016

Poetry Friday: “More Strange”

This poem coaxes me to inhabit a story I’ve heard many times, and makes it...

August 11, 2016

Eat

By Kelly Foster Lundquist Since birth, the rhythm of my week has been set by...

August 10, 2016

You Must Be Present to Learn

For the past five years, I’ve been experimenting with the use of contemplative practices in...

August 09, 2016

Fit for Immortality?

“How’s your health?” my long-time friend asked me with concern. “The leukemia is creeping toward...

August 08, 2016

When Ethics Conflict with the Law

Among the courses that I teach is Professional Responsibility—Legal Ethics—which is a subject covered on...

August 05, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Onesimus”

In this month of painful national and international news, Tania Runyan’s poem “Onesimus” offers a...

August 04, 2016

Blood Lines

Last September, I was in Philadelphia for the first time since my freshman year of...

August 03, 2016

Maybe the Kids Will Sleep in Tomorrow

The kids are home for the summer, but my husband has remained on the same...

August 02, 2016

Attending to the Body, Part II

Continued from yesterday. The following is excerpted from Attending Others: A Doctor’s Education in Bodies...

August 01, 2016

Attending to the Body, Part I

By Brian Volck The following is excerpted from Attending Others: A Doctor’s Education in Bodies...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Poetry Friday: Four Sonnets

Sonnets meditating on illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages may sound a bit sanctimonious, even...

July 28, 2016

Against “Amazing Grace”

In a world in which it seems that just about everything seems to be complained...

July 27, 2016

Dispatch from Detroit

We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and God is shining through...

July 26, 2016

From the Engine Room, Part II: Mountains of Time

By Mary Kenagy Mitchell Continued from yesterday. Up until this point, in describing what it’s...

July 25, 2016

From the Engine Room, Part I: The Problem with Efficiency

By Mary Kenagy Mitchell About a year ago we at Image dragged ourselves into the...

July 21, 2016

Poetry Friday: “Sometimes I Am Permitted”

On my first reading of this poem, I felt disoriented by all the non sequiturs,...

July 21, 2016

My Money, My Life

My money is the Tao te Ching, translated and introduced by David Hinton. My $12.87...

July 20, 2016

Why We Write

What is it about words that so moves those of us who are writers? We...

July 19, 2016

Risen

In a well-written and well-acted scene from Kevin Reynolds and Paul Aiello’s recent film, Risen,...

July 18, 2016

Some Questions about Politics and the Imagination

The following appears as the editorial statement in Image issue 89. Q. Would you mind...