"Mark McLeod's poetry and prose drag us masterfully on a vicarious adventure from childhood through fatherhood, forcing us to look passionately and squarely at the twisted shapes a truth can take. Who can say where the poet ends and the philosopher begins, or vice versa? It's hard to imagine a more deeply incarnational book--an everyday bliss-laden, pain-weary trek through the particular wonders of eternity!" --William Jolliff, contributing editor to Windhover: A Journal of Christian Literature "The poems and stories in Incarnations of the Heart are filled with fresh and revealing images: 'infinities hide in diapers'; 'Jesus came serving refreshments.' They surprise and delight. This is a book worth reading more than once." --Clifford Williams, author of Existential Reasons for Belief in God "That moment when someone has captured the wonderful paradox of humanity and divinity in synchronizing play--this is the gift Mark McLeod-Harrison offers his readers. At once a creative poet and caring philosopher, McLeod-Harrison is sensitive to life's surprises, inviting not just appreciation for the fullness of each day but also for the transforming wisdom of true incarnation." --Kendra Weddle Irons, author of Preaching on the Plains: Methodist Women Preachers in Kansas.