Cover art: Prophet Elijah by Jésica Frustaci, Issue 15.
Note from the Editor
POETRY
Christina Rikkers
God | On Singleness at Thirty
Richard A. Decker
On Becoming a Better Man
Regina McMorris
Pedestrian | Pride
Kyler Littlejohn
Hard Faith
Elle Rosamilia
Recurring Dreams
Sarah Goldston
Melee Diamond
Ellen Jane Powers
On being the first woman in this world | Tree Song
David Anson Lee
The Weight of God | Holy Saturday | The Gardener Calls Her Name
Sarah Tate
Eden Writing Her Own Obituary | All the Night Up There | Edge
David Athey
Slithering, Twitching
Kimberly Beck
Pocket Prayer | Man of Sorrows
Jonathan Darren Garcia
Amos, when you are in the Desert | Amoria with doubt
Scott Schuleit
A Precious Soul
Patrick T. Reardon
Harsh angles
Lucy Swan
the -ologies of memory | gospel
Cody Adams
Thunder Put Asunder
Alexandria Marianne Leon
The jar still there
Alexis Leigh Ragan
Heartpine | Ode to Belmont Shore
Adam Burrell
Let It Be So | Look at the Birds
Margaret Adams Birth
A Rush of Angels’ Wings | Communion Anthem
Meg Freer
Still Here, Waiting
Jo Taylor
Entrances and Exits
FICTION
Paul Michael Garrison
Tasha in South Carolina
Kyler Littlejohn
For Those Who Weep
Chelsea Barnwell
Through the Hedge
Jack Denning
Listen
Leah Johnston
A Flax Flower
Atif Nawaz
The Weight of Small Stones
Jacob W. Surface
To Avoid an Awkward Family Breakfast, I Escape to Mass for the First Time at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, Three Oaks, Michigan
NONFICTION
Rexford Chase Nicholson
The Day the Whale Blew Its Nose in My Face
Wendy Westley
The temptation
Lucy Swan
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?
Jessica Lynne Henkle
You Shall Love the Lord Your God
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
Jésica Frustaci
Archangel Gabriel | This Is My Body | Prophet Elijah
Shinara Weathersby
Mercy String | Weightless Throne | Ashen Mission Concepción | Mission Concepción
Susan L. Pollet
Motherly Love | Family Fish Meal
Salie Davis
Black Sheep in Field | Self Portrait Reflection in Door Glass
Meg Freer
Bective Abbey
Jeremiah Gilbert
Chapel on the Rock | Holy Trinity Church | St. George the Martyr Church | Scots’ Church
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