Names never cease to amaze me. In the hands of this poet, two familiar stories flow out of one simple name, each informing the other.
By Kristin George. Published in The Cresset (Lent 2012), page 31. Naming and walking silently are kingly things.
and to push us into the future in strength, courage, hope, and love.
Attributed – to Sir Francis Drake as he set out to circumnavigate the world, 1577.
means. But the spell of it has been on me all my life.