How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice Book

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION POEM: SOMETIMES WRITING I. THERE IS A SPIRIT POEM: TO BREAK SILENCE II. PRAYER POEM: ABOUT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, GOD III. RANSOM POEM: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE JOURNEY IV. FEAR POEM: THIS IS A RIVER V. DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL POEM: PERSONAL ADDRESS VI. TRADITION: RELIGION POEM: YOUR BOAT, YOUR WORDS VII. TRADITION: WRITING POEM: BRAIDED RUG VIII. FORGIVING POEM: PENN STATION, NEW YORK CITY IX. RECEIVING FORGIVENESS PLAY EXCERPT: THE UNDERTAKING X. DOING GOOD POEM: TWO THOUSAND DEATHS XI. CHANGING THE WORLD POEM: THIS FLIGHT XII. THE BODY XIII. DEATH JOURNAL ENTRY: BURNING THE TOBACCO XIV. STRANGENESS POEM: THE FISH XV. BELOVED COMMUNITY POEM: THAT ONE XVI. FREEDOM POEM: CONFESSION XVII. JOY POEM: BLESSING FOR A WRITER NOTES FOR TEACHERS, WORKSHOP OR RETREAT LEADERS AND COUNSELORS INDEX