When All Else Fails
Poetic Wisdom
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
When All Else Fails is a book of poetic reflections that taps into the hopes and anxieties of a humanity that is no longer as self-assured as it once was. Marked by a pandemic and loss of faith in our political systems, the workplace, and the faith community, we are all struggling for a surer pathway for our feet. While When All Else Fails is no cheap recipe for recovery, it does provide a deep probe for finding a way forward through new heart attitudes that will shape a gentler world.
Endorsements (3)
“Throwing a poem to drowning people seems ridiculous. But when people are struggling with meaninglessness, it might be just the thing. And Charles Ringma’s poetry is compressed wisdom, extracted—indeed, wrung—out of his own life. And wisdom is what we need—practical insight on flourishing. There are hints of eternity and faith in God in this alphabet of everyday life. As Ringma says, ‘We are struck not by a hand, but by a whisper.’”
“As Charles Ringma points out, ‘Love needs its inner resources.’ These poems of wounded yet glorious hope are such a resource. Drink deeply from the tender and bracing waters of this restorative well and be humbled and refreshed.”
“In his poetry, Charles helps make sense of my lived experience but in a way I found I could relate to. . . . I found it resonated with the paradoxes that I find myself living with.”
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