Ever slip your hand into the pocket of a coat unworn for a trinity
of seasons and find there objects left over from what seems to be a
lifetime ago? A paper clip, an old piece of chewing gum, a few
tattered pieces of paper, notes with something then urgent, but now
with escaped significance? Ever watch a three-year-old play in a
sandbox, creating castles with imaginary inhabitants limited only
by his or her creativity? Ever have a private place where you spent
some of your adolescence experimenting with ideas, relationships,
and objects which, at the time, were viewed askance by a suspicious
adult world? Ever have a marriage or an intimate relationship and
be pressed to wonder in a private moment what makes it tick...or
not, and how it will evolve twenty, thirty years down the road?
Ever encounter someone panhandling on the street, in an office, or
in a park and wonder about his story, her history, their plights
that brought them to this request for a handout; and if you gave
something, and your fingers grazed that roughened palm, ever wonder
what lined and wrinkled that hand, what experiences and "touches"
had crossed that palm before yours? Ever wonder what happens to
spirituality if it becomes ensconced in institutional religion and
forfeits some of its soul? In this unique book of poetry, Tom
Conley, author, preacher, psychotherapist, and retired Canon Pastor
of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, Ga., explores
some of these ordinary events of our lives that carry spiritual
meanings...but only if we are paying attention, and if we are
mindful of the elements that create soulful moments and pour these
varied experiences into The Common Cup. Conley is ExecutiveDirector
and Pastoral-Theologian-in-Residence at the Florence McDonnell
Counseling and Spiritual Life Center in Atlanta.
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