In an interview she said,
----“Art has the power to enhance all of our lives. It is a vehicle for
----us to learn about each other, to discover the ways in which we are
----more alike than different. It is a vehicle that allows us to
----communicate with each other and it opens up places in us that allow
----the Creator God to speak to us so that when we go out on a hike and
----we pause to watch a sunset, perhaps we appreciate it in a new
----way—the beauty of it.”
Each of the poems in her collection Glory, Too (Paraclete Press, 2025) is built from reflections on scripture. The source for the following poem is 1 John 1:1-4; it comes from Glory, Too, and also appeared in the new Paraclete gift book Count It All Joy (2026).
Source
The recipe for joy:
Take one babe, one boy,
Who became a man.
Not just any babe
Not just any boy.
Not just any man,
But the Son
who made the sun and moon
and all we see.
He is the source.
His course is the one
we must sail
to reach happiness.
This voyage,
the sturdy fellow-ship
he steers
as captain of the heart.
Our part—black, brown
white or otherwise
is to climb aboard,
giving up our “I”
and “me” and “mine”
and leaving behind
hurt and hate
and all that would separate
us from him, who is
the babe, the boy, the man,
the Son, the Savior
the source of all
the happiness and joy
we, together,
can ever hope to know.
Entry written by D.S. Martin. He is the author of six poetry collections including Angelicus (2021, Poiema/Cascade), plus three anthologies — available through Wipf & Stock. His new book The Role of the Moon, inspired by the Metaphysical Poets, is now available from Paraclete Press.
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