Archive - This Beautiful Ache

The Scandalous Seed

A Poem on the upside-down Kingdom

6 hrs ago •

Christopher Stites

How to Be a Poet

A Poem by Wendell Berry

Jul 9 •

Christopher Stites

Creating vs. Consuming

Do more of what you were created to do

Jul 7 •

Christopher Stites

Worlds Within A Word

A Poem about the very thing we all need

Jul 5 •

Christopher Stites

Looked At In Love

A Poem about God creating humanity

Jul 3 •

Christopher Stites

Smuggling Light

A Poem about the power of poetry and myth

Jul 2 •

Christopher Stites

June 2025

The Veil is Thin

A Poem on the thin places where Heaven meets Earth

Jun 30 •

Christopher Stites

Our Home across the sea

A Poem about our sense of exile and search for home

Jun 28 •

Christopher Stites

May 2025

A Prophet in Disguise

A Poem I wrote on Beauty

May 14 •

Christopher Stites

April 2025

A Talk I Gave on Tolkien

Ancient Tales & Fresh Wonder

Apr 21 •

Christopher Stites

September 2024

Forgotten Wisdom

A Poem from 30,000 feet

Sep 9, 2024 •

Christopher Stites

August 2024

The Rediscovery of Pity

The Secret to Compassion

Aug 16, 2024 •

Christopher Stites

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