Authors /Joel Showalter Poetry Arrival This time it comes upon you in the shower, your hair thick with lather and the hot water running low, today, after waking late again... May 25, 2018 Poetry Suitcase By day, it drowses fitfully, its sleep empty, dreamless, like a sky wishing for birds.... March 12, 2018 Poetry Caveat To be completely clear: the trees are not on fire. No flame blazes so brilliantly, so capriciously, as these dying leaves, dyed like the heads... January 24, 2018 Free Newsletters From theological reflections to breaking religion news to the latest books, the Christian Century's newsletters have you covered. Explore Newsletters