{"product_id":"from-shade-to-shine-new-poems-paperback","title":"From Shade to Shine: New Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Peláez Baumgaertner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of poems begins in the growing darkness of November, stretches through Advent and the seasons leading to Easter and to Pentecost, and ends in the budding light of the Scottish Orkney Islands, where the canonical hours measure time over centuries and where God broods over an austere and beautiful landscape. The measurement of time passing and returning, year after year, in the rhythms of the seasons and of the liturgical year, create the pace and the song. But in the biblical voices of Magdalene, Mary, Abel, and Eve, and in the grim historical and political realities of war and suffering, one also hears lament and finds the poet's clear-eyed gaze straight into life's challenges. Memory is at work here, too, in personal reminiscences and in theological reflection. As one philosopher has said, \"All truth is God's truth.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Shade to Shine \u003c\/i\u003eis published under Paraclete Press's Iron Pen imprint. In the book of Job, a suffering man pours out his anguish to his Maker. From the depths of his pain, he reveals a trust in God's goodness that is stronger than his despair, giving humanity some of the most beautiful and poetic verses of all time. Paraclete's Iron Pen imprint is inspired by this spirit of unvarnished honesty and tenacious hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Peláez Baumgaertner\u003c\/b\u003e received her BA and PhD from Emory University. She taught at Valparaiso University and joined the faculty of Wheaton College in 1980. She is the author of five collections of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eFinding Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, an exploration of her Cuban ancestry, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Cannot Be Fixed\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also edited a collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eImago Dei: Poetry from Christianity and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e; written a textbook\/anthology, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e; and published \u003ci\u003eFlannery O'Connor: A Proper Scaring\u003c\/i\u003e, still in print after thirty years. She was a Fulbright fellow to Spain, served as the poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cresset\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e and currently serves as poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also past president of the Conference on Christianity and Literature and is Professor Emerita of English and former Dean of Humanities and Theological Studies at Wheaton College. She has written libretti and lyrics for the music of Carl Schalk, Michael Costello, Richard Hillert, and Michael Gandolfi. She and her husband, Martin, a retired judge, live in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758777565472,"sku":"9781640605985","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/38e35ee1e7cdccd9a7f48cd38b168ef9.webp?v=1780135157","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/from-shade-to-shine-new-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}