Eric Machan Howd reads his poem "Doorways," and Fred Gallagher reads his poems "The Mystic in Between" and "Anamnesis."

Eric Machan Howd (Ithaca, NY) is a poet, musician, and educator. His work has been seen in such publications as Slab, Caesura, Stone Canoe, Vita Poetica, and Nimrod. He is currently working on a collection of poems based on flowers.

Fred Gallagher is a writer whose faith informs his poetry, short stories and essays with an incarnational worldview. His work has appeared in the St. Austin Review, Agora, Sanskrit, and the Cold Mountain Review, among others. He was a finalist in the 2024 Catholic Literary Arts Sacred Poetry Contest and winner of Prime Number Magazine's 2023 Annual Poetry Prize. He is also a Pushcart Prize nominee. He and his wife reside in Charlotte, NC.

Micah Harris reads his short story "The Dead Hand" from our Summer 2025 issue.

Micah Harris is a writer and political theorist. His first novel, Only Small Things Are Good, was praised by a former Assistant Secretary of Defense as "a must read for anyone who wants to understand life in the Pentagon." He is currently a postdoctoral associate at Duke University and lives in Carrboro, North Carolina.

Co-Editor Caroline Langston introduces our new Summer 2025 issue. Tune in for a preview of what's to come, and listen to Caroline's editorial letter, "The Quest for Discernment."

Wayne Bornholdt reads his poems "Sunday Prayers" and "Intinction."

Wayne Bornholdt is a retired bookseller. He holds degrees in philosophy and theological studies. He lives in West Michigan with his wife, three Golden Retrievers and stacks of unread books.

Abigail Carroll reads her poem "For What Do You Give Thanks?" and Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo reads her poems "Samsara Study" and "And Sanctify Us Also."

Abigail Carroll is author of three poetry collections: Cup My Days like Water, Habitation of Wonder, and A Gathering of Larks: Letters to Saint Francis from a Modern-Day Pilgrim. She lives and writes in Vermont. Find her at www.abigail-carroll.com.

Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo is a poet, educator, faith leader, and caregiver. Her debut collection INCARNATION, AGAIN was published in 2022 by Wipf & Stock. Recent poems can be found in The Christian Century. Elizabeth curates the Visiting Writers Series at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, Oregon, where she serves as Canon for Education and the Arts.

Christopher Honey reads his poem "The Pause," and Sue Proffitt reads her poems "The moor" and "Eating with the dead."

Christopher Honey's work has appeared in numerous publications including U.S. Catholic, America, Poetry South, and The Rumpus. He earned his MFA from the University of Saint Thomas, Houston, and lives and works in Washington D.C. with his wife and daughter.

Sue Proffitt lives by the coast in South Devon, on the edge of a cliff in a coastguard cottage. She has an MA in Creative Writing, is a Hawthornden Fellow, and has been published in a number of magazines, anthologies, and competitions. Apart from writing poetry, swimming in the sea and walking the coast path are her two great loves. She has two poetry collections published:  Open After Dark (Oversteps, 2017) and The Lock-Picker (Palewell Press, 2021). She is looking for a home for her third collection.

Jan Wiezorek reads his poem "The Chapel Matron," and Jonathan Chan reads his poem "peace (ii)."

Jan Wiezorek writes from Buchanan, Michigan. His chapbooks, Prayer’s Prairie (Michigan Writers Cooperative Press) and Forests of Woundedness (Seven Kitchens Press), are forthcoming this year. Wiezorek’s work has appeared in The London Magazine, The Westchester Review, BlazeVOX, Vita Poetica, and elsewhere. Visit janwiezorek.substack.com.

Jonathan Chan is a writer, editor, and translator of poems and essays. His first collection of poems, going home, (Landmark, 2022) was a finalist for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2024. His second collection of poems is bright sorrow (Landmark, 2025) He serves as managing editor of the poetry archive poetry.sg. Educated at Cambridge and Yale, he was born in New York to a Malaysian father and South Korean mother. He was raised in Singapore, where he currently lives. He has recently been moved by the work of Mah Chonggi, Efe Duyan, and Daryl Yam. More of his writing can be found at jonbcy.wordpress.com.

Jacqueline Wallen introduces the ideas behind the art of contemplative photography, and guides us in three ways to practice it.

Jacqueline Wallen is a clinical social worker with a practice of psychotherapy and an Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park.

Fran Markover reads her poem "Uncle Julius Gifts Me with Awe," and Elizabeth Hamilton reads her poem "Sunday at the SoCal Winery."

Fran is a retired psychotherapist who lives in Ithaca, NY. Her poems have been published in many journals. She has a chapbook, and has published two books, History's Trail (Finishing Line Press) and Grandfather's Mandolin (Passager Press), which was a finalist for the Henry Morgenthau III First Book Prize.

Elizabeth Hamilton's work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Dallas Museum of Art, The Hudson Review, and Texas Monthly, along with other publications. She has an MFA in creative writing from Seattle Pacific University and is the recipient of a Writers' League of Texas fellowship. She writes the monthly substack This Book Could Save Your Life.

Layne Matthews Boles reads her essay "The Sacrament of Silence."

Layne holds an MFA from Seattle Pacific University in creative nonfiction, and is co-editor of Among Winter Cranes, the quarterly for the Christian Poetics Initiative (CPI) of the Rivendell Center for Theology and the Arts. While also working the front desk of a climbing gym, Layne enjoys life with her husband and cat in Hamden, Connecticut. Her work can be found in Covenant, The Living Church's online journal.