"Poems have always been a reliable means of transportation. The poetry in this book carries us to our humanity and our sparkling souls. Tim Vivian not only provides a vehicle but reminds us all of our destination. We find our truest selves in these piercing, heartening words." --Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, Founder, Homeboy Industries "Poet, priest, and scholar, Tim Vivian responds to a modern crisis with ancient wisdom. As a biblical scholar and student of monastic spirituality, Vivian writes with the combined voice of a modern American prophet and an ancient Egyptian theologian. The poems lament our sin, ponder the cross, and exult in the resurrection.

Vivian writes with grace about tears, tears that arise from our human realities and tears that celebrate our gladness and joy." --Rick Kennedy, Professor of History, Point Loma Nazarene University "Tim Vivian's poetry is brilliant and challenging, erudite yet earthy, truth's light refracted. Each poem is a puzzle, a double-facing mirror reflecting simultaneously down history's corridors in opposite directions, the gospel past and our plague-filled present. These harrowing poems speak of rage and grief, judgement and mercy. They know the 'color of tears.' Vivian's voice serves as prophetic witness against our amoral government and our distressing time." --Pamela Cranston, author of Searching for Nova Albion , a semi-finalist winner in the Poetry Society of Virginia 2020 North American Poetry Contest "These powerful, prophetic poems descend into the darkness of our physical, social, and spiritual plagues, then with the Holy Dove rise again in divine hope, love, and the peace that comes when suffering has been transformed and the heart has been renewed." --Jeffrey Burton Russell, Professor of History Emeritus, University of California at Santa Barbara, and author of A History of Heaven: The Singing Silence.