So, my blog/newsletter has moved. My new home is at The Cluttered Mouth. I'd love to have you subscribe and join my adventures in poetry, prose, prayer, and protest. You are welcome; you are wanted.

https://theclutteredmouth.com

I moved my blog/newsletter off Substack and onto Ghost. You can subscribe for free or $5 and month/$45 a year.

Here's the newest from The Cluttered Mouth: Gardens and Suffering (a bit early) for Palm Sunday.

https://theclutteredmouth.com/suffering-in-the-garden/

The wind blows where it will...

https://open.substack.com/pub/bookofcommonwords/p/where-the-wind-will?r=1vezv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I had a dream about poetry. Pádraig Ó Tuama was there.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theclutteredmouth/p/the-first-time-i-read-poetry-with?r=1vezv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Why do we still care about Lent? It doesn't seem to actually change a thing. I have thoughts.

https://open.substack.com/pub/bookofcommonwords/p/why-lent?r=1vezv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

New poem for you to read over at The Cluttered Mouth.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theclutteredmouth/p/war?r=1vezv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Some thoughts on the Transfiguration, my need for the cross as a symbol, and the fear that drives us.

https://open.substack.com/pub/bookofcommonwords/p/visions?r=1vezv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

If you're looking into spiritual direction as a practice, I'd love to talk more. I'm here to help you listen and to be a presence as the divine speaks to you. No matter your relationship with church and faith, I'm here, fully queer-affirming and heretic-friendly.

https://aaronjsmith.net/spiritual-direction

Some thoughts about the beatitudes, honesty, and liberation.

https://open.substack.com/pub/bookofcommonwords/p/blessed-are-you?r=1vezv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I wrote you a small, new poem.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theclutteredmouth/p/protest-at-a-church-january-18th?r=1vezv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true