Whitney Rio-Ross

A Handful of Prayers

Arts & Literature

“Peter Lilly’s poetry offers us something all too rare—humble wisdom. Dialoguing with scripture and great writers, his voice is at turns sure and unsettled, knowing and curious. These are poems that speak to the hard truths of a fallen world while embracing poetry’s chief virtues—wonder, hope, and love.”

Accumulated Lessons in Displacement

Arts & Literature

“With sharp imagery, gorgeous language, and hard-fought wisdom, Accumulated Lessons in Displacement is a gift from a truly attentive poet. Through personal narratives and meditations on biblical themes, Rachel Hicks takes readers on a journey of longing and belonging. These poems are a beautiful reminder of what it means to live as faithful pilgrims in a world that is both harrowing and hope-filled: ‘we come to see each scene / as something to inhabit, and we wake // to more than mortals, wake to mysteries.’”

This Teeming Mess of Glory

Arts & Literature

“Matthew Pullar’s remarkably vulnerable poetry reckons with life’s great messes—sin, despair, human fragility. Ranging from baffled to downtrodden to devout, these poems bear witness to a world somehow shot through with glory. Pullar gives no trite comfort or easy answers to questions he raises. Rather, he offers beauty and fellowship ‘When the words that we mouth are barely words / And the hope that we clutch at is scarcely hope.’ That is the poetry of true faith.”