Book Announcement by Noel Jeffs (Australia)

A Pilgrim’s Poetry, part of a specifically Christian genre from MoshPit Publishing, offers a series of poetic meditations exploring issues of personal spiritual pilgrimage and our place in this world. As a young Friar, when these disparate sagas were written, Noel Jeffs journeyed to a number of places of inestimable spiritual quality, including the Holy Land in Jerusalem, Dorset in the United Kingdom, and Assisi in Italy, to spend time in reflection and meditation.

Much of the energy in this text is provided by the fusion of the concept of the Father in psychoanalysis and in religion. Christian literature, like love poems in general, is a very difficult genre, and Jeffs’ collection shows passionate awareness of those difficulties and an intense devotion to overcoming them. Moments of beauty, lucidity and exploration are reproduced here in the hope that the reader might make some sense of what can only ever be one’s own deeply personal journey.

Noel Jeffs SSF is an Anglican Friar originally from Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The author of Maturing in the Religious Life, A Pilgrims Poetry, and the impending Balmain Meditations, Noel enjoys conversation and silence and writing. He holds a master’s degree in Mental Health and has trained as a psychotherapist. He is a LGBTIQ elder and gay activist and is cared for by that community.

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