Other Ways: Rescuing the Church from Pharaoh and Other Poems
Ebook
Rich, complex, exciting, confusing, life, death, and beyond--all words to capture a bit of truth about this very rich, complex world inhabited by all kinds of individual particles emerging into flora, fauna, animals of all kinds, including humans who together make up a unity. This book is my attempt to celebrate the unity and the diversity. Poetry hints of an openness to complexity while certainty tends to become restrictive dogma. Other Ways means to hint that full meaning, complete certainty, is beyond any human capacity ever to establish. Poetry intends to celebrate the richness that is to be enjoyed even though never fully comprehended.
“Peter Keese has written poems of keen insight and a fullness of heart. He reflects the desire for passion within the church and in everyday life—the kind of visceral longing that humans carry, a longing that moves beyond ‘right’ and ‘wrong.’”
—Elizabeth Cox, author of I Have Told You and Told You
“Read these works by Peter Keese. Read them once, read them twice, and you’ll read them many times. They are fun, tongue-in-cheek, poignant, reflective; they call us to be One; they touch our souls. Read them.”
—Catherine Halpin, RDC (Religious of the Divine Compassion)
“Peter Keese invites the reader to join him in these deep reflections on the institutional church as well as the harsh realities of life, love, and death. In a whimsical style, Keese pokes the church with a stick, questioning its ancient—and tired—theology. The result is a refreshing vision that is full of hope, forgiveness, and acceptance. The wisdom in these poems is hard-won and a joy to read.”
—Logan Jones, retired ACPE certified educator and poet
- Title: Other Ways: Rescuing the Church from Pharaoh and Other Poems
- Author: Peter Keese
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385212460, 9798385212446, 9798385212453
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385212460
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-04T21:42:48Z
Peter Keese is an Episcopal priest and a clinical pastoral educator (certified by The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc.). He is the author of Jesus Has Left the Building and Being There; he is widowed; and he lives near Nashville, Tennessee, near his daughter and granddaughters.