Spirituality. Saint Mark: the basic text for Christian spirituality -- Back to square one: God said -- Spirit quest -- Writers and angels: witnesses to transcendence -- The seminary as a place of spiritual formation -- Biblical studies. The holy stump -- Jeremiah as an ascetical theologian -- Learning to worship from St. John's Revelation -- Apocalypse: the medium is the message -- Resurrection quartet -- Poetry. Holy luck -- Pastoral readings. Poetry from Patmos: St. John as pastor, poet, and theologian -- Masters of imagination -- Sheep in Wolfe's clothing -- Kittel among the coffee cups -- Mastering ceremonies -- Teach us to care, and not to care -- Unexpected allies -- Novelists, pastors, and poets -- Pastors and novels -- Conversations. A conversation with Eugene Peterson -- Haphazardly intent: an approach to pastoring -- Subversive spirituality -- On Pentecostals, poets, and professors -- Of passion, prayer, and poetry.