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Three Journalistic Sketches of the Fields and Mural Poetry Walk
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Five women—all muralists—decode the geography and paint portraits of the land and people, part of the reconstitution of Valle de Oro. We’re told it’s...
The Cheerleaders: On Poetry and Faith
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—Pick up a phone. Dial a number. Listen to a poem. These were the instructions for the Telepoem Booth, an...
Cope with Creativity: Fighting Pain Through Poetry
By Brian Nixon, Special to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS -- April 6, 2018) -- Over eighteen years ago my wife, Melanie,...
Poetry and the Bible
By Brian Nixon, Special to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS -- February 8, 2018) -- On my way to a poetry reading...
North Carolina pastor released from Chinese prison after 7 years
Pastor John Cao has been released from prison in Kunming in Yunnan province on March
3rd after finishing his seven year sentence.
Pastor John Cao is...
There’s A Light That Enters Houses With No Other House In Sight
To some extent, the year 2014 anticipated our contemporary culture. It was in March 2014 that Vladimir Putin formally annexed Crimea, with sights set...
Dark Academia and Dead Monks
Growing up in a Goth culture in the 1980’s, the recent interest in Dark Academia aesthetics (think schoolish-goths: old books, philosophy, tea, and fountain...
The Tablet of your Heart
By Jerry Wiles
Houston, TX (ANS) - A new study reveals how Bible reading has declined greatly in North America over recent years. “Spending time...
This Much He Knows to Be True: Nick Cave
Nick Cave is an anomaly.
In interviews Cave professes no religious affiliation, but states Christ is one of his heroes, “reacquaint myself with Jesus,”...
Arrowhead Stadium Is Launch Site For Global Prayer, Adoption and Missions Movement
Believing a massive gathering at Arrowhead Stadium in 2022 is God’s plan to stir missionaries, intercessors and adoptive parents to action for a one-billion-soul...
‘When We Last Spoke’ movie: Kids’ dreams, family secrets, forgiveness
ORLANDO, FL (ANS) Did you have fun as a kid with your siblings? Argue with them as adults? Were your parents imperfect or absent? ...
Memories that Matter Most
HOUSTON, TX (ANS) — In August of 1950 my parents, my younger brother and I moved from the farm in Izard County to College...
Remembering Rodolfo Anaya: Three Points on Writing
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)--He appeared short. But appearances can be deceiving. His thick eyebrows, distinct Southwestern clothes, walking stick, and kind words made a...
Looking For Something To Do During COVID: Let Image Journal Help
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—I’m typing as I watch poet Jacqueline Osherow, a Jewish writer, talk about the sweeping poem she just read to fifty-plus...
US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Visits Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—She spent much of her life in New Mexico as a student—both in Santa Fe (Bureau of Indian Affairs for high...
Libraries and Books: Companions For the Crossing in 2020
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—After reading the brilliant, The Library Book, Susan Orlean’s New York best-selling tome on the history of the Los Angeles library...
Species in Peril on the Borderlands
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)— “Haiku's of peril” loudly proclaims Mexican poet León De la Rosa-Carrillo to a packed house at 516 Arts in downtown...
What is Holiness: Art at the Abbey
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—According to Pope Francis, “Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way—that is,...
Lobo Living Room: The Importance of Story
The following sketches are taken from a University of New Mexico (UNM) University Press panel discussion entitled Lobo Living Room, held on Wednesday, October...
Dreams Come True for Armenia’s Youth
Republic of Georgia: The Mercy Projects camp for young people from Armenia echoed with laughter, soccer balls, singing and folk dancing. 45 young people...
Stay Creative: Exploring Japanese Sumi-e Art
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—Sumi-e is an ancient Japanese form of ink-based art. Sumi-e has its origins in Chinese calligraphy, derived from a scholarly cast...
Lilt: The Joy of Beauty
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—In my newest series of geometrical abstract acrylic/oil on canvas paintings, I am using Morse Code symbols to provide a basis...
Walk Through That Door: Poet, Jimmy Santiago Baca
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—I marvel at a person that is able to go from prison to prominence. But this is the case with poet,...
Theologians and Typewriters
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)—If I was a typewriter, I’d be a Smith-Corona Electric. First introduced in the late 1950’s the Smith-Corona electric, when working...
Thomas Merton: A Poem and Prayer On His Birthday
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS)--Thomas Merton (1915-1968) would’ve turned 104 on January 31st, 2019. As a poet, writer, activist, monk, and teacher, Merton touched the...
The Monk’s Record Player: When Merton Discovered Dylan
The influence Bob Dylan had on monk, Thomas Merton, as seen in Cables to the Ace and the new book The Monk's Record Player
ALBUQUERQUE,...
Drama: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places in Promenade
A discussion on drama using the production of the play Promenade
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. A bride wakes up in front of a church, later wandering...
Alone Together: Albuquerque Poet Laureate, Michelle Otero
A Discussion with Albuquerque Poet Laureate, Michelle Otero
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO—I watch as Michelle Otero sets up chairs at the Albuquerque Open Space, preparing for...
TILT: Finding Christ in Culture: Part 2
Practical advice on seeing Christ in Culture
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO—In part 1 of this article I introduced the metaphor of a head-tilt as a means...
Pulitzer-Winning Writer, N. Scott Momaday, Honored
Pulitzer-Winning Writer, N. Scott Momaday, Honored at Santa Fe Indian Market
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO-- As I sit in the courtyard of the IAIA Museum...
The Spiritual Lives of Great Composers, Patrick Kavanaugh
By Brian Nixon, Special to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERUQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS - May 1, 2018)—When composer John Michael Luther emailed me to let...
Billy Graham’s Legacy — Destiny or Divine Design?
By A. Larry Ross, Exclusive to ASSIST News Service DALLAS, TX (ANS – March 5, 2018) -- With the exception of Supreme Court...
Thomas Aquinas: Still Relevant Today
By Brian Nixon, Special to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS -- January 25, 2018) -- As January draws to an end each...
National Bird Day: Faith Takes Flight
By Brian Nixon, Special to ASSIST News Service ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS -- January 7, 2018) -- January 5th was National Bird Day ....
