The Conference On Christianity and Literature recognizes literary achievement in the form of awards given annually for lifetime achievement, best book in the field, and the Lionel Basney Award for best article published in Christianity and Literature. CCL also sponsors an annual student writing contest of essays, poems, and stories that address matters of Christian thought, experience, and practice.
Questions to Tammy Ditmore (tammy.ditmore@pepperdine.edu)
Julie L. Moore
As though Moses himself
is standing high
upon this
Rocky Mountain cliff
poised to proclaim
once again God's law,
cars and SUVs pull over,
line up along both sides
of the national park's
concrete curve, cameras
angling, people pointing,
awestruck by a
simple white goat,
her beard and horns
marking her, unmoved
by all the commotion
hundreds of feet below.
She's just standing
where she's safe,
where her kid,
half-hidden by her side,
entices the crowd
that hungers for more
but must be satisfied,
always,
with what is given.