Cup My Days Like Water
Ebook
It has been said that a psalm is a singing back to the Divine. Cup My Days Like Water is an offering of seventy-five poems--or psalms--rooted in the ancient biblical psalms. Borrowing from the raw honesty, radiant confidence, and unashamed lament of the biblical psalms, this sequence of devotional poems traces one person's grappling with the themes of nature, illness, justice, beauty, suffering, the character of God, and the pilgrim life. Together, these poems probe the elegant and harsh realities of this world and explore what it means to forge a path of faith in light of those realities. Cup My Days Like Water tenders a new ancient way to pray that can help us navigate our disenchanted world with a tested hope.
“This rich poetic collection is overwhelming in its rich imagery, its simplicity of wording, and its unflinching witness to the reality and goodness of God. Abigail Carroll is fixed on the concreteness of life as she sees it, even as she makes winsome linkages to the specificities of Scripture. If you love poetry, get this book! If you do not yet love poetry, get this book and you will promptly learn to love poetry—along with the honest knowing faith of this poet.”
—Walter Brueggemann, professor emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary
“This glowing volume beams with the ancient spirit of the Psalms—rebuking us with its truth and restoring us with its beauty. In that holy work, Abigail Carroll shines. Her eye is keen, her language is alive, and her sensitivity to the rich goodness of creation inspires us to see deeply and live with intention. A remarkable contribution to Christian poetry.”
—Paul J. Pastor, contributing poetry editor, Ekstasis
“‘When I swallow the Word / it sings—,’ declares the speaker of ‘The Word Tastes like Sun-Crammed Plums.’ Like a patient (and expert) gardener coaxing new blooms from old vines, Abigail Carroll gives us poems flowering with fresh vigor and sublimity from the ancient Psalms. She generously invites us, by each poem’s fierce attention, to be always alert to the holy mystery of our lives: ‘the sweep, the joy, the brine.’”
—Leslie Williams, author of Even the Dark
- Title: Cup My Days Like Water
- Author: Abigail Carroll
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666762914, 9781666762907, 1666762903, 9781666762891, 166676289X, 1666762911
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666762914
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-05-09T22:54:25Z