First Things RSS Feed - Amy Imbody https://www.firstthings.com/author/amy-imbody en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:07 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/amy-imbody 60 Sabbath https://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/12/sabbath https://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/12/sabbath Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0500 Sabbath: You make demands
upon my heart, upon my hands,
and, certainly, upon my mind:
a quietness, profound, benign
where receptivity will find
its satisfaction: fruitfulness flows
from this place of deep repose.

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]]> Lilacs https://www.firstthings.com/article/2013/02/lilacs https://www.firstthings.com/article/2013/02/lilacs Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Lilacs,
pummeled in pounding rain,
their sweetness sweeter for the pain,
release redemptive suffering scent
as they are pummeled,
broken,
bent.

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