{"product_id":"an-incremental-life-poems-9781640609792","title":"An Incremental Life: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Luci Shaw is a legend\" --Christianity Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis captivating collection of poems by beloved author Luci Shaw, reflects on daily ideas and activities as they arrive, bit by bit, to illuminate us with their wisdom and enlarge on the meanings of human experience. Like small messages from beyond, these incidents call us to pay attention.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAn Incremental Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Shaw breathes life into the simpleness of the every-day and finds God in the memory of the mundane. Through her verses, she explores the intricate tapestry of existence, from the tender memories of childhood to the profound questions of mortality. Her poems are like windows opening to the soul, inviting readers to pause, reflect, and savor the beauty of the world around them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e INCREMENTS \u003cbr\u003e I live by increments, single \u003cbr\u003e breaths of an ambient air, \u003cbr\u003e marking off hours, days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Apprenticed to grace, I tread \u003ci\u003estatio \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein sequentiae, \u003c\/i\u003e edging every step \u003cbr\u003e forward before venturing the next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Staggering up towards the stony \u003cbr\u003e crests of the foothills, dusty, I am \u003cbr\u003e almost undone with weariness, only half \u003cbr\u003e believing that the view will widen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In my falling upward into your home, \u003cbr\u003e O Faithful One, stay with me, \u003cbr\u003e your wind music playing the ear of \u003cbr\u003e my mind like an instrument. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is how life happens, one day at a time, in increments! And God is in each of them for us,\" Luci Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuci Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London, England, in 1928. A poet and essayist whose writing has appeared in numerous literary and religious journals, in 2013 she received the tenth annual \u003ci\u003eDenise Levertov Award\u003c\/i\u003e for Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University, and in 2023 she received the \u003ci\u003eKenneth N. Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award\u003c\/i\u003e in recognition of her lifetime of work in the Christian publishing industry. The author of over thirty-five books of poetry and creative non-fiction, since 1986 she has been Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver. She lives with her husband, John Hoyte, in Bellingham, WA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paraclete Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184701079826,"sku":"9781640609792","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_891329ef-addd-47d9-b10c-40a14496b232.jpg?v=1744568436","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-incremental-life-poems-9781640609792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}