4: Rugged Femininity

This episode is a love letter written to the author's losses, rejections, and many, MANY failures. It upholds failure as a gift and loss as opportunity for transformation.

This episode, titled "Storytelling," hopes to continue in the tradition of conversion through conversation. Upholding parables as the ultimate form of sharing the good news, this episode relates important themes of Christianity simply by telling stories.

This episode examines the crosses that are chosen for us and, all too often, the crosses we cling to. It examines the human experience through the lens of redemptive suffering.

This episode discusses God's role as the creator and our role as "craftsmen" as we follow in His image. This episode delves not only into our creative nature but also our relationship with natural creation itself.

Episode 6, titled "Loneliness," focuses on just that! The poems focus on millennial loneliness, loneliness chosen over fear, and modern solutions to an age-old problem.

This episode explores the connection between body and soul in the human person. It celebrates the spirituality and transformative power of body movement as a means of glorifying God.

Episode four, entitled “Rugged Femininity” explores the infinite manifestations of womanhood. The poems in this episode explore woman as hero, saint, and friend.

This episode discusses the beauty and romance of a life lived with eternity in mind. It considers this through the lenses of romantic love, fraternal love, and self-love.

This episode features a number of Clare McCallan's original poems on spiritual warfare and combatting the devil with art.

In this first episode, spoken word poet Clare McCallan introduces herself and this week's topic: On having a dream. She shares three original poems that explore the gift and weight of vocation and ambition.