The Mess
Kathleen Kilcup (Marsh)Weekly reflections on theology, addiction, beauty, error, comedy, and the general mess of human life.
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Thought Plains
Andor, Elekes, “Solargraph from Sashedgy,” 2014. Wikicommons.
I’m sorry it’s been so long. I feel the tug to write something for you all almost daily, but the few essay ideas I have are all directed towards guest essays for book promotion....
Workshop for Addicts (and the Addiction-Adjacent
Calling all recovering/recovery-curious addicts and alcoholics (defined as broadly as possible—eating disorders, phone addiction, gambling, gaming addicts welcome)! This September, I’ll be leading a three-part online creative writing worksh...
It's Alive! (kind of)
Friends!
I am thrilled and a little terrified to let you all know that the book I’ve been working on for over two years is now available for preorder. If you didn’t know I was working on a book, that’s probably because I’m almost never on...
Last Words
Here is the manuscript of a talk I gave as a part of a Lenten speaker series at our church. Each speaker was asked to meditate on one or two of Jesus’ seven last words from the cross.
“Crucifixion” by George Rouault, 1937
A week a...
No Neutral Ground
This essay is the manuscript of a talk I gave at my home church. I was asked to speak about natality but ended up writing about pregnancy and childbirth as icons of Christian life. Please forgive any strange punctuation or other marks of em...
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Poet, essayist, wife, mom of two, author of Between the Light and Me.
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