Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair
"Here is a writer applying his personal experience, academic training, as well as his doubts and longing against despair, and finding hope." — Andrew Taylor-Troutman
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After and After: A poem-prayer for Veterans Day
Andrew Taylor-Troutman offers a worship resource for Remembrance Sunday.
Who Weeps with Me? A prose poem before a vigil of peace
In response to recent violence, Andrew Taylor-Troutman shares a poem he wrote while planning a peace vigil.
For giving me the things I need
From apples to sunflower seeds to a small daughter's blessing.
