Podcast appearances and mentions of Scott Cairns

In this episode of the UpWords Podcast, Scott Cairns, a distinguished poet and educator, discusses the intersection of poetry, faith, and the creative process. He shares insights on the value of a liberal education, the role of poetry in society, and how his Christian faith informs his work. Cairns emphasizes the importance of community, mentorship, and the spiritual dimensions of writing, illustrating how these elements contribute to his artistic journey.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Poetry and Faith02:57 The Value of a Liberal Education05:54 The Role of Poetry in Society09:02 Scott Karens' Poetic Journey11:49 The Intersection of Poetry and Spirituality14:49 Creative Process and Writing Routine18:08 Influences and Community in Poetry21:01 The Role of Mentorship in Artistic Growth24:09 Faith and the Poet's Vocation30:00 Conclusion and Reflections on Art and Prayer

Today's poem places us on the frontier of new life. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Librettist, essayist, translator, and author of ten poetry collections, Scott Cairns is Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Missouri. His poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Image, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and both have been anthologized in multiple editions of Best American Spiritual Writing. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and the Denise Levertov Award in 2014.-bio via Paraclete Press This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Scott Cairns is Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri. A librettist, essayist, translator, and author of a dozen poetry collections, he has long been a distinguished voice in American religious poetry and an influence on many of the poets we have featured on this podcast. We're talking today about his latest collection, Correspondence …

Today, one of our favorite living poets asks questions about one of our favorite poems. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Matthew J. Andrews reads his essay, "Never Yet an Emptiness," a review of Lacunae by Scott Cairns. Matthew J. Andrews is a private investigator and writer. He is the author of the chapbook I Close My Eyes and I Almost Remember and the forthcoming full-length collection, The Hours (Solum Press). He can be contacted at www.matthewjandrews.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

Today's poem is inspired by one of our favorites here at the Daily Poem.Librettist, essayist, translator, and author of ten poetry collections, Scott Cairns is Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Missouri. His poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Image, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and both have been anthologized in multiple editions of Best American Spiritual Writing. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and the Denise Levertov Award in 2014.His most recent book of poems, Lacunae, is available wherever books are sold.-bio via Paraclete Press Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Brent Billings and Reed Dent consider a different framework for spiritual practice and explore how Reed engages his own practices.BEMA 24: Creating a SpaceGrasslands National Park — WikipediaVisiting Grasslands National Park — Brent BillingsBig Bend National Park — Wikipedia_Four Quartets_ by T. S. EliotThe Books of Scott CairnsDaily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community by Pádraig Ó TuamaPoetry Unbound PodcastMaking All Things New by Henri NouwenEat This Book by Eugene H. PetersonCommon Prayer by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Enuma OkoroEndless Life by Scott CairnsEvery Moment Holy, Volume I by Douglas Kaine McKelveyEvery Moment Holy, Volume II by Douglas Kaine McKelveySpiritual Direction by Henri Nouwen“Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins from The Apple That Astonished ParisThe Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen“Your Kids Aren't Too Old for Picture Books, and Neither Are You” by Pamela Paul — The New York Times

Today's poem is by Scott Cairns. Cairns is the author of ten collections of poetry, one collection of translations of Christian mystics, one spiritual memoir (now translated into Greek and Romanian), a book-length essay on suffering, and co-edited The Sacred Place with Scott Olsen, an anthology of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. It won the inaugural National Outdoor Book Award (Outdoor Literature category) in 1997. He wrote the libretto for "The Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp", an oratorio composed by JAC Redford, and the libretto for "A Melancholy Beauty", an oratorio composed by Georgi Andreev. Cairns's poems have appeared in journals including The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, The New Republic, Image, and Poetry, and have been anthologized in Upholding Mystery (Oxford University Press, 1996), Best Spiritual Writing (Harper Collins, 1998 and 2000), and Best American Spiritual Writing (Houghton Mifflin, 2004, 2005, and 2006).—Bio via Wikipedia This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry, I could not travel them both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could, to where it bent in the undergrowth, you might recognize that as the opening stanza to the Robert Frost poem, The Road Not Taken. It's the poem that ends, Two roads diverged in the wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and it has made all the difference. It's probably even more familiar. I remember being exposed to that poem. It was probably the first poem as a whole poem that I was actually taught or read really fully exposed to. I think I was a freshman in high school. And as I was exposed to and read and saw this poem, really for the first time, two things happened in me that I recall. One was a kind of, I guess, embarrassed response poetry, poems. They were written by and for hyper, emotive, weird people. And that if you were into poems and you liked poetry, then you must be a hyper-emotive and weird person. I was on the football team. I ran track. I was a guy.That was the one thing happening in my brain. The other thing happening in me was that I was really resonating, and I really liked the poem. And I really liked the rest of that section in our English class about poetry. Something about the very intentional use and shape and reframing of words actually resonated with my soul. That tension resolved itself over the years, till the beginning and even later in high school, as life got weirder and required more complex and deeper emotional responses. Poetry became an actual feature in my life as something I attempted to write. But definitely, I started reading more poetry all the way through college. And to be entirely honest, really, in the last decade or so, the more I've spent time, intentionally on, in my own inner universe, and done my best to come alongside people working in the arts and working in religious spaces where life is hard and complex and weird and strange.Poetry has not just become a useful tool or a powerful practice. It has become a really safe, generative, and transformative aspect of expression.It's a beautiful part of my life.I listened to Scott Cairns's read and lecture at the festival faith in writing. I believe it was in 2016. And not just not only was I struck by his writing and the way he read the things he wrote, but I was also really captured by the way he talked about his work. That's one of those. It's one of the aspects of art-making that oftentimes inspires me. So someone who's excellent in their craft and has the ability to talk about what they do, how they do it, and why they do it. I've been thinking about and hoping to catch Scott to talk about the power of poetry, the essence of poetry, and the necessity of poetry for a really long time. And so I'm really glad I got some time to sit down with him. I enjoy this conversation. I think you will as well.More info on Scott Cairns Hearts and Minds Bookstore

I was delighted to receive this recording from a college classmate of yore who has since gone on to become the kind of math professor who starts his classes with passages of TS Eliot.   Tom Clark reads and reflects on Scott Cairn's poem "Possible Answers to Prayer". 

This week, we share a “Space for God” reflection from Dr. Ben Sammons. Ben guides us through a reflective reading of "Adventures in New Testament Greek: Nous" a poem by acclaimed poet and theologian Scott Cairns. The poem invites us into a spiritual exercise meant to draw our attention to the role of the heart in discernment. We hope you will be blessed by Ben's thoughtful unpacking of the poem and by the fresh way of praying the poem opens up!Explore More Devotional Encounters with Beautyinthecoracle.org  |  @inthecoracleSupport the show

A music podcast featuring Alana Levandoski's "The Christ Hymn," from her 2015 album Behold, I Make all Things New. This song features the work of four great poets of our time: Malcolm Guite, Scott Cairns, Joel McKerrow, and Luci Shaw.   For more information on Alana and her work, you can simply click here. For the words of the poetry for this song, you can head to the liner notes from the original album by clicking here, and then scrolling down to page 24 in the booklet. You can also head to our web post for this song for a bit more information as well as links to other podcasts featuring Alana's work.  You might also consider offering a bit of support for our online ministry, which you can do through the Donate page on our website.Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help others join the conversation.* * *This podcast is created at saint benedict's table, a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada in Winnipeg, where we've been making great audio since 2006. Listen to other recent episodes on our website and see our entire catalogue of some 600 shows on our hosting page.Our MissionTo provide rich and stimulating audio resources to the wider church and engage topics and issues relevant to the concerns and questions of the larger culture in which we live.

If life and death occur in the natural order of our expectations, our parents pass away when we are well into our adulthood, but even when we've anticipated this loss, we're often not prepared for our grief. There is no right or wrong way to grieve the death of a parent. Grief is as unique and different as we are from each other. Yet sometimes it's helpful to have hints. We hope this episode offers some insight into what will inevitably happen for all of us and some solace for those to whom it already has.

This is our fifth of six installments of poetry, one poem each week for the seasons of Advent and Christmastide. The music on this episode is by Evan Hansen, from the album "Advent" by All Souls Charlottesville. Used with permission.

Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius. On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Margaret Perry on the importance of poetry (and wine!) and how to read it.Margaret Perry is a sales manager for a Virginia based, sustainability focused Fine Wine importer and distributor. Prior to that she managed a Michelin rated restaurant in Washington, DC. Before her time in the Hospitality Industry, she worked in higher education nonprofits, studied literature and philosophy, and wrote about children's literature for magazines such as First Things and St. Austin Review. Born and raised in Northern California, she has lived in Virginia for 13 years, making her basically a native. In her free time, she reads an absurd number of British Mysteries, gardens, and hikes the Shenandoah.Thanks for listening!Wendell Berry's poem: "To My Mother" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=36853Other recommended poets & poems:Mary Syzbit: "Annunciation (From the Grass Beneath Them)”Joy Harjo: "The World Ends Here"Mary Oliver: "Coming to God: First Days"Scott Cairns: "Possible Answers to Prayer"Jane Kenyon: "Let Evening Come"Support the Endow PodcastWhat's on your mind and heart? Let us know by connecting with The Endow Team on social media!Facebook at www.facebook.com/endowgroupsInstagram at www.instagram.com/endowgroupsWant to start your own Endow Group? Learn more by visiting our website at www.endowgroups.org or reach out to us at info@endowgroups.org. We look forward to serving you!

In this episode, a Rumi poem, and two poems of Parker J. Palmer (from On the Brink of Everything), and two Scott Cairns' poems (from Compass of Affection).

Scott Cairns—poet, educator, and just a supremely wise dude, talks with Peter about how poetry works. But also about how the poetic can function throughout spoken and written communication.

Recorded on Sunday, June 13, 2021. Scripture cited: Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 26:36-46; Hebrews 2:14-18.Support the show (https://www.eservicepayments.com/cgi-bin/Vanco_ver3.vps?appver3=wWsk24ZWJSTZKsGd1RMKlg0BDvsSG3VIWQCPJNNxD8upkiY7JlDavDsozUE7KG0nFx2NSo8LdUKGuGuF396vbSw-R2mhrvfe_HJOXvFcrh-XHubq5Z7ap5JVmPErc4ZeYHCKCZhESjGNQmZ5B-6dx0MW8b85t8s_s5fNKictIkY=&ver=3)

Flashback clip to a poem called Recitation by American poet Scott Cairns. Ryan typically features a short clip like this in each episode and we are releasing them as bonuses from time to time. This poem was originally featured in Episode 1 | The Burden of Truth (Wait, Is Truth Even A Thing?) and in the article called The Poetry Collection at www.ryanafrench.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/apostolicvoice/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/apostolicvoice/support

From 02/21/21 (Lent 1) worship gathering. Paired with Psalm 51. We wanted to confess our sins but there were no takers. —Milosz   And the few willing to listen demanded that we confess on television. So we kept our sins to ourselves, and they became less troubling. The halt and the lame arranged to have their hips replaced. Lepers coated […]

There is a reason Tish Harrison Warren is widely received amongst us rank-and-file saints. She's a Christian, she's a human with hopes, fears and doubts. It seems many authors and teachers write and speak to the Christian's normal lived-life by, unfortunately, responding to questions that nobody is really asking. But then there is Tish Harrison Warren. Here she invites us into her own journey of ordinary-grief where, along the way, she speaks and observes as one of us. Listen in as we discuss everyday life prayer in the context of the grief and sorrow of: stubbed toes, daughters left out at school, unfulfilled desires, miscarriages, depleting health (and even that sort-of lingering sorrow that is like a heavy fog, where your just kinda' bummed and you don't know why), and turnover ways we can endure the mystery of suffering - in light of the glorious resurrection of our elder brother Jesus, because, as Tish says, "I think the Resurrection is the really big deal of the universe." The purveyor of common grace that Tish is, here are some shot from the hip suggestions of glory for your edification, reading, listening, & eating/drinking pleasure: Damien Jurado Music Praxis Coffee in Austin Anglican Compass Porters Gate music Rabbit Room Pelican Project Jeremy Tisby's book - How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice Esau McCaulley's book - Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope Malcolm Quilt poetry Scott Cairns poetry Gerard Manley Hopkins poetry Wendell Berry's Sabbath Poems "Here's a good combination: get a spicy red wine, have it with dark chocolate and mangoes. In that order. It's amazing." "The glory of God is man fully alive.” - Irenaeus of Lyons

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Reed Dent. He’s been on staff with Campus Christian Fellowship at Truman State University in Missouri for the last twelve years. He and his wife, LeAnn, have three boys, who provide some great sermon illustrations.Campus Christian Fellowship, Truman State UniversityTruman State University — WikipediaStaff — Campus Christian Fellowship“The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant” by Reed Dent — Campus Christian Fellowship“The Parable of the Good Samaritan” by Reed Dent — Campus Christian FellowshipThe Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2001 (PDF)“September 11” by Scott Cairns“Trump's name to appear on coronavirus stimulus checks sent to Americans” — Fox News“Trump Seeks To Stimulate Economy By Sending Rare Autographed Photo To Every American” — The OnionDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition: DSM-5Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak“The Seeing Heart” by Frederick Buechner — YouTubeSecrets in the Dark by Frederick BuechnerJohn H. Walton — WikipediaThe Lost World of Genesis One by John H. WaltonThe Lord of the Rings: Motion Picture TrilogyThe War by Ken Burns and Lynn NovickThe Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert AlterThe Art of Biblical Poetry by Robert AlterThe Art of Bible Translation by Robert AlterThe Poetics of Biblical Narrative by Meir SternbergWhat Is the Bible? by Rob BellInspired by Rachel Held Evans Special Guest: Reed Dent.

This week I bring you one of my favorite poems by Scott Cairns. Can a moment of understanding be a miracle? Can we miss our chance for inspiration if the tea kettle calls whistles too soon?    A.D. Sertillange's little book "The Intellectual Life" helps me ponder Cairn's poem. 

The year was 1551. We remember Father György Martinuzzi. The reading is from Scott Cairns, "Christmas Green." — FULL TRANSCRIPTS available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac GIVE BACK: Support the work of 1517 today CONTACT: CHA@1517.org SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US: Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

In today's episode, Fr. Myles continues a three-part Advent series that looks at the Blessed Virgin Mary through the lens of three different works of Christian art. "Annunciation" by Scott Cairns Deep within the clay, and O my people very deep within the wholly earthen compound of our kind arrives of one clear, star-illumined evening a spark igniting once again the tinder of our lately banked noetic fire. She burns but she is not consumed. The dew lights gently, suffusing the pure fleece. The wall comes down. And—do you feel the pulse?—we all become the kindled kindred of a King whose birth thereafter bears to all a bright nativity. Suggested resources: Waiting on the Word by Malcolm Guite You can send your feedback and questions to thesacramentalists@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter @sacramentalists. If you want to dive deeper and enjoy dialoguing with others about content on the Sacramentalists, check out our Facebook discussion group here. Be sure to join our Communion of Patreon Saints for only $5 a month!

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *The God Who Isn't* for Sunday, 11 October 2020; book review by Dan Clendenin: *On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous* by Ocean Vuong (2019); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution* (2020); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Further Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns; music review by David Werther: *Who is the Sender?* by Bill Fay.

Ryan shares the inspiration behind his poem The Burden of Truth and gives a dramatic reading of it as well. Also, Ryan features a powerful poem by Scott Cairns called Recitation. Finally, a look at the subject of the Kingdom of God from the book Preaching to a Shifting Culture. Can a Christian live with the tension of being in the culmination and the coming of God's Kingdom at the same time? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/apostolicvoice/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/apostolicvoice/support

PCOM Politics Pod Part III: idealism in American politics, from Emma Lazarus to Martin Luther King Jr. to Eugene Peterson. How can hope guide us? Plus, a wise word from James on true religion and the poet Scott Cairns on why paper training is so difficult for tortoises. Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus" Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Eugene Peterson's "Hope on the Line" James 1:27 The Barkley Marathon Matthew West's "Amen" Perfectly Human: Nine Months with Cerian by Sarah Williams Scott Cairns' "On Slow Learning"

Josh is the host and creator of the Invitation Podcast. He is a certified spiritual director, a retreat leader, and facilitator of contemplative prayer practices in prisons. In part one of this interview, we talk about rediscovering the art of brewing beer, being human, and wakefulness. We also delve into the following: Living well in a day. The balance of prayer and art. A theological anthropology of a farm shaping his imagination. The patient process of being an artist. Being both a spiritual and earthly creative being. Ignatius of Loyola and the prayer of examen. Deep art: what Rowans Williams calls “meaning plus” and Scott Cairns notes as “the generative meaning of art.” Developing a rule of life. Find Josh at The Invitation Podcast: invitationpodcast.org. Links from this episode: Josh’s essay in For the Beauty of the Church: https://amzn.to/3iHnvuo. Music is by Ordinary Neighbors: https://rebrand.ly/b08f8. These notes may contain affiliate links, which support the production of this podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creativeandfree/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/creativeandfree/support

Today's poem is Scott Cairns' "Daily Sacrifice" -- a poem for the Eastern Orthodox listeners among us, who are remembering Good Friday today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *But I Say to You* for Sunday, 16 February 2020; book review by Dan Clendenin: *A Walking Life: Reclaiming Our Health and Our Freedom—One Step at a Time* by Antonia Malchik (2019); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am* (2019); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Idiot Psalm X* by Scott Cairns.

Today's poem is Scott Cairns' "Which Tribe, Which River?"Remember: subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *On Confession* for Sunday, 27 October 2019; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance* by Edgar Villanueva (2018); film review by Dan Clendenin: *A Teachable Moment* (2018); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Idiot Psalm X* by Scott Cairns.

Recorded on Sunday, September 29, 2019. Other scripture cited: Isaiah 59:9-11; John 5:24-25.Support the show (https://www.eservicepayments.com/cgi-bin/Vanco_ver3.vps?appver3=wWsk24ZWJSTZKsGd1RMKlg0BDvsSG3VIWQCPJNNxD8upkiY7JlDavDsozUE7KG0nFx2NSo8LdUKGuGuF396vbSw-R2mhrvfe_HJOXvFcrh-XHubq5Z7ap5JVmPErc4ZeYHCKCZhESjGNQmZ5B-6dx0MW8b85t8s_s5fNKictIkY=&ver=3)

Setting up a business can be challenging, especially trying to understand if you should get a free zone license or a mainland license in the UAE, what the differences are, cost of setting up and the time that this takes. Scott, from Creation Business Consultants tells us about the differences, so startups can get the best start, and can go into business informed and making the right regulatory decisions. Check out this episode to help navigate these very crucial decisions. You can also watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/v_snd4466E0 Check out Scott here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-cairns-5001a95/ Check out Creation business consultants here: https://www.creationbc.com/ Follow us on Social or use #StartupHustleME to connect: https://www.facebook.com/startuphustleme https://www.instagram.com/startuphust... https://www.twitter.com/startuphustleme www.linkedin.com/company/startup-hustle-middle-east/ Email us on: startup.hustle.me@gmail.com Visit our Car rental startup: https://ejarcar.com Get in touch with Yellow here: https://welcometoyellow.com/ If you have the Anchor app, you can also leave us a voice note to be featured in an upcoming episode. Connect with us #StartupHustleME

On this day, we remember Petrus Ramus, a French reformer who died in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. We also remember the American Standard Version translation of the Bible from 1901, the predecessor to the Revised and New Revised Standard Versions. The reading is from Scott Cairns, "Another Idiot Psalm." We’re proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.

Today's poem is "Still Life with Low Cloud and Mist" by Scott Cairns and from his new collection, Anaphora. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this day the church father Eusebius died in 336 and Joan of Arc was burned in 1431. Our reading is "Late Results" by Scott Cairns. We’re proud to be part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.

Welcome to The Daily Poem. Today's poem is Scott Cairns' "Early Frost." If you like this show, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *Abide* for Sunday, 29 April 2018; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Climate Swerve: Reflections on Mind, Hope, and Survival* by Robert Jay Lifton (2017); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Blue Planet II* (2018); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Guest essay by Jane Shaw: *The Reformation at 500: An Anglican-Episcopal Perspective* for Sunday, 22 October 2017; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Moses: A Human Life* by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg (2016); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Maudie* (2017); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Idiot Psalm: With Fear* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Guest essay by Matthew Lundgren: *Gratitude and Lament: Remembering the Reformation After 500 Years* for Sunday, 15 October 2017; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Taduno's Song: A Novel* by Odafe Atogun (2016); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Our Little Sister* (2016, Japan); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Idiot Psalm 12* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Guest essay by Ron Hansen: *The Vineyard* for Sunday, 8 October 2017; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Gospels in Our Image; An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Poetry Based on Biblical Texts* by David Curzon (1995); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Letters from Baghdad* (2017); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Idiot Psalm X* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Essay by Dan Clendenin: *Repentance: "The Entire Life of the Believer"* for Sunday, 1 October 2017; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America* by Doug McAdam and Karina Kloos (2014); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Saving Banksy* (2017); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Further Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Essay by Debie Thomas: *A Troubling Generosity* for Sunday, 24 September 2017; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Anything Is Possible* by Elizabeth Strout (2017); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Disturbing the Peace* (2016, Israel); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Essay by Dan Clendenin: *Never Judge, Always Forgive* for Sunday, 17 September 2017; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Balcony on the Moon; Coming of Age in Palestine* by Ibtisam Barakat (2016); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Being Mortal* (2015); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Eremite* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Essay by Dan Clendenin: *Asking for Anything* for Sunday, 30 July 2017; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Hell No: The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement* by Tom Hayden (2017); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Radical Grace* (2015); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns.

Episode 9 of Rewrite Radio features a conversation between four writers in the Eastern Orthodox religious tradition about the deep poetry and lasting peace that liturgy offers. Scott Cairns, Angela Doll Carlson, Gaelan Gilbert, and Cameron Alexander Lawrence reflect on Orthodoxy and how it can clear a pathway through the slings and arrows of modern life. Scott Cairns’s poems and essays have appeared many publications including The Paris Review, The Atlantic, and IMAGE Journal. His newest poetry collection is IDIOT PSALMS and he’s recently been appointed program director of the MFA program at Seattle Pacific University: http://spu.edu/prospects/grad/academics/mfa/index.asp Angela Doll Carlson is a poet, essayist and fiction writer. She’s the author of two books, NEARLY ORTHODOX: ON BEING A MODERN WOMAN IN AN ANCIENT TRADITION and GARDEN IN THE EAST: THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE BODY. Learn more at her website: http://www.angeladollcarlson.com Gaelan Gilbert is an assistant professor of English at St. Katherine College and the managing editor of the St. Katherine Review: http://www.stkathreview.org Cameron Alexander Lawrence is a poet, whose work has appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, Exit 7, IMAGE Journal, and Rock and Sling. Learn more at his website: http://www.cameronlawrence.com

  And now I think Jerusalem abides untouched, the temple yet intact, its every cornerstone in place, its vault replete with vivid scent, its ark   alight with vigil lamps whose oil is never spent. In psalm the pilgrim asks forgiveness, pleads that God return the Spirit to the heart, and look, the Ghost   had never left, had never […]

Bobby Maddex interviews Scott Cairns, one of the contributors to the new Reader's Edition of the book God with Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas, published by Paraclete Press.

Bobby Maddex interviews Scott Cairns, one of the contributors to the new Reader's Edition of the book God with Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas, published by Paraclete Press.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Essay by Dan Clendenin: *Forever and For Everyone* for Sunday, 22 November 2015; book review by Dan Clendenin: *I Refuse; An Novel* by Per Petterson (2014); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Keith Richards: Under the Influence* (2015); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Idiot Psalm X* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Essay by Dan Clendenin: *"God Has Heard": Hannah's Song* for Sunday, 15 November 2015; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Between the World and Me* by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015); film review by Dan Clendenin: *On the Way to School* (2015); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Idiot Psalm 12* by Scott Cairns; music review: *River* by Daniel Bachman.

We see strangers more often than friends, sit in gridlock more often than in conversation, and hunger for a deeper community we have never seen. Like the character Christian in Pilgrim's Progress, we know isolation far better than we know communion. Yet communion was designed to shape us as individuals and communities. An evening with award-winning poet Scott Cairns, Guggenheim Fellow and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. Using his own poetry and prose, Scott will explore how we can recover the crucially communal way in which we must understand our identity. More info: http://www.anselmsociety.org/events/2015/9/5/a-hunger-for-communion

Bobby Maddex interviews renowned Orthodox poet Scott Cairns about his new collection of poetry Idiot Psalms.

Bobby Maddex interviews renowned Orthodox poet Scott Cairns about his new collection of poetry Idiot Psalms.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *God's Mercy On Us All* for Sunday, 17 August 2014; book review: *Endless Life; Poems of the Mystics* by Scott Cairns (2014); film review: *Gravity* (2013); poem review: *The Peace of Wild Things* by Wendell Berry.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Nation of Israel as the People of God* for Sunday, 3 August 2014; book review: *Compass of Affection; Poems New and Selected* by Scott Cairns (2006); film review: *Le Weekend* (2014); poem review: *The Place Where We Are Right* by Yehuda Amichai.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *If You Hear His Voice* for Sunday, 23 March 2014; book review: *Idiot Psalms: New Poems* by Scott Cairns (2014); film review: *Nebraska* (2013); poem review: *Small Deeps* by Edwina Gateley.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Say Yes, Choose Life* for Sunday, 16 February 2014; book review: *William Stringfellow, Essential Writings* by Bill Wylie-Kellermann, ed. (2013); film review: *All Is Lost* (2013); poem review: *Idiot Psalm 12* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Isaiah and Jesus: Critical Dissent as a Form of Faith* for Sunday, 9 February 2014; book review: *There Was No Path, So I Trod One* by Edwina Gateley (2013); film review: *Muscle Shoals* (2013); poem review: *Idiot Psalm X* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Live Different: The Beatitudes of Jesus* for Sunday, 2 February 2014; book review: *Silence, A Christian History* by Diarmaid MacCulloch (2013); film review: *The Summit* (2013); poem review: *Further Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *488 Years Later: Resources for Black History Month* for Sunday, 26 January 2014; book review: *Oil and Honey; The Education of an Unlikely Activist* by Bill McKibben (2013); film review: *5 Broken Cameras* (2012, Palestine); poem review: *Possible Answers To Prayer* by Scott Cairns.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Coming Back for More: Why Go to Church?* for Sunday, 19 January 2014; book review: *Who Owns the Future?* by Jaron Lanier (2013); film review: *A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet* (2012); poem review: *Eremite* by Scott Cairns.

Scott Cairns is a professor of English at the University of Missouri. He is also director of MU Writing Workshops in Greece, a program that brings graduate and undergraduate students to Thessaloniki and Thasos every June for intensive engagement with literary life in modern Greece. His poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Image, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, etc., and both have been anthologized in multiple editions of Best American Spiritual Writing. His most recent poetry collection is Compass of Affection. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and is completing work on a new poetry collection, Idiot Psalms, and a translation of selections from The Philokalia under the title Descent to the Heart. His memoir will be released in a new edition called Slow Pilgrim in 2014.

Cairns, poet and essayist, reads at Duke Divinity School from selected works, including "Recovered Body," "Compass of Affection," and a soon-to-be-published collection, "Idiot Psalms." A brief audience Q&A follows, with the reading of a final poem.

Bobby Maddex interviews renowned author and poet Scott Cairns about issue 2.4 of the Saint Katherine Review. The review, which Dr. Cairns edits, is a literary journal published by the newly founded St. Katherine Orthodox College.

Bobby Maddex interviews renowned author and poet Scott Cairns about the most recent issue of the Saint Katherine Review. The review, which Dr. Cairns edits, is a literary journal published by the newly founded St. Katherine Orthodox College.

Why do we suffer after becoming Christian? How do we reconcile the suffering of innocent children with a loving God? These and other perplexing and challenging questions are the subject of this episode of The Illumined Heart with guest, poet and writer of The End of Suffering, Scott Cairns.

Bobby Maddex interviews poet and professor Scott Cairns. Cairns will soon be a visiting professor of English Language and Literature at St. Katherine College. Moreover, he has just recently been named editor of the Saint Katherine Review, the college’s new literary publication.

Katherine Hyde reviews The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain by Scott Cairns, published by Paraclete Press.

Visit the "holy mountain" of Mt. Athos, and join in the quest for a spiritual elder with acclaimed poet and author Scot Cairns, who reads selections from his newly-released book and talks with two-time pilgrim to the holy mountain, Kevin Allen!