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EKSTASIS
Reviving the Christian Imagination

Welcome to Ekstasis

 

We publish poetry, essays & artist profiles that slant toward the triumphant and glorious aspects of life in Christ, framed through the arts and literature. You’re invited to explore the poetic texture of faith.



Longform Essays

We feature thoughtful essays where
art meets academia, and kingdom meets culture.

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The Book Launch After the Funeral
The Book Launch After the Funeral

Karen Stiller on Love, Resilience, and Writing in the Dark

Praying in Greek Tragedy
Praying in Greek Tragedy

Carolyn Etzel Branch on the Allure & Art of Mysticism

A Scene Report from a Literary Gathering
A Scene Report from a Literary Gathering

Kevin LaTorre on Manifest Community

The Scars of the Crocodile Spirit
The Scars of the Crocodile Spirit

Amelia Buzzard on Life that Doesn’t Take an Eye for an Eye

A Future After the War
A Future After the War

Lancia E. Smith on Cultivating the Culture of Tomorrow

Slippery Reality
Slippery Reality

Leah Regester on Psychosis and the Everlasting River

Two Inches from Van Gogh
Two Inches from Van Gogh

Joe Plicka on the Origins & Ends of Chaos

 

Ecstatic Articles

We feature articles that layer the stories of culture, theology, and technology in a way that presents true myth for a hypermodern age.

 

Featured Poetry

We feature poetry that speaks to the wide breadth of
the Christ-infused core of everyday experience.

Poetry
Jazz
Jazz

Michael Yost

The Ship of Theseus
The Ship of Theseus

Nathaniel A. Schmidt

Shiloh
Shiloh

Alyssa Souza

A Lament
A Lament

Linda McCullough Moore

Loneliness
Loneliness

Jacob Stratman

Why Are the Carrier Pigeons Gone?
Why Are the Carrier Pigeons Gone?

Casey Spinks

Communion Ghazal
Communion Ghazal

Renee Emerson

The Choir Director Teaches Sunday School
The Choir Director Teaches Sunday School

Susan Spear

Villanelle with Tulips
Villanelle with Tulips

Kate Deimling

A Conspiracy Observed
A Conspiracy Observed

Joe Phelan

April into May
April into May

Sharon Jones

The Politics of Spring
The Politics of Spring

Carolyn Morris-Collier

Words, Words, Words
Words, Words, Words

John Savoie

Imago Dei
Imago Dei

Daniel Stanley

An Invitation of Icons
An Invitation of Icons

Royal Rhodes

Affection, Suffocating
Affection, Suffocating

Danielle Page

Our Modern Moment
Our Modern Moment

Jensen A. Kirkendall

City Girls
City Girls

Susan Shea

Reaching
Reaching

Patrick T. Reardon

Evening Song, Chapter 3
Evening Song, Chapter 3

Eric Krewson

Tuesday Doctrine
Tuesday Doctrine

Sarah Elizabeth Spivey

Copiah
Copiah

Ellis Purdie

To Quell a Mockingbird
To Quell a Mockingbird

Stephen Grimes

The Cure
The Cure

Grace Crocker

Airport Interrogations
Airport Interrogations

Joseph Jekel

Interviews & Profiles

 

Media & Features

Why Arts Communities Actually Matter🕯️Through small literary magazines, I found a world that took seriously the things I loved: faith, books, imagination, the creation of culture, and the development of craft. It lit a fire in my chest. But years l
Inkwell in Colorado Springs 🌄 Christian writers and artists need communities of like-minded creatives so we can best serve both the church and the world. Ekstasis is honored to partner with the vibrant, faithful creative scene in Colorado Springs
How to Become Light-Hearted 🌤️ Adventure and play often seem like luxuries. They seem almost irresponsible for serious men—men who have to keep commitments, men who have to provide, men who have to grind things out so the lights stay on. Yet t
The Wounds that Mar the Chosen One 🩸 We all accumulate mental and physical scars as we go through life, even amidst our materially easy and modern life. We are tempted to glorify our scars, to say that what does not kill us makes us stronger, and ev
The ceaseless work of creation, education, and tending to the depths of the human spirit will continue. But we can advance it with bold and creative institutions tasked with bridging image and word, mind and spirit, for the sake of the church. Human
Were Not Our Hearts Burning Within Us? ❤️‍🔥 One thing I love about the Bible is its tendency to simultaneously shed light and to obscure, to comfort and confound. We find this unique dynamic at play on the very day that Jesus rises from the dead
Second Adam: A Poem 🐍 He’s here standing in the fall – much on His mind at this midnight hour, patiently replanting what was purloined, after something so carnal has slithered past. In a massive circle of anonymous ones, blanketed by
Writing as Pure Play ⚔️ It starts as pure joy. It starts with toy castles and soldiers taking shape from the blunt end of a crayon. It grows into hours spent after school writing out the scenes that took shape while daydreaming in class. The words fl