Marrow, Muscle, Flight - Softcover

Boelhower, Gary J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984377743 ISBN 13: 9780984377749

Publisher: Wildwood River, 2011

Synopsis

Marrow, Muscle, Flight chronicles the everyday infinite affections of a gay man interacting with his children, creating a home with and grieving the death of his partner, and finding again how "the fierce river in the heart begins to flow." These poems celebrate the sacrament of the body and chant the rituals of longing and loss; they explore how each life is imprinted with family secrets, the journey of forgiveness, the "long sigh of belonging," and hands that know each other by heart. Boelhower invites us to feel the "soft wind full of salt from the infinite sea," hear the songs in our "bones, hollow flutes for a symphony of luster," see "white gulls dance their feathered alleluias down wide aisles of jubilant dawn." These poems evoke the courage to "fling yourself open toward the horizon." Gary J. Boelhower, PhD is professor of theology and religious studies at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, where he teaches courses in ethics, thanatology, spirituality, and leadership.  He is the co-founder of the Center for Spirituality and Leadership at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

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About the Author

Gary J. Boelhower is professor of theology and religious studies at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, where he teaches courses in ethics, ministry, and leadership. He was cofounder and first executive director of the Center for Spirituality and Leadership at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. An active speaker and facilitator, Dr. Boelhower consults with a broad range of organizations on values integration, mission and strategy, and workplace culture,

Edition details

• Publisher: Wildwood River
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984377743
• ISBN 13: 9780984377749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118