Welcome
I’m Jay Barrett — a writer, contemplative, pastor, and explorer of the tension between shadow and light, the ordinary and the holy.
This is my corner of the web. It is quiet, personal, and largely unfinished on purpose.
I write to notice what’s real. Sometimes that looks like a poem, sometimes just a thought I don’t want to lose.
You’re welcome here.
"so I believe in Christ... not like some child; my hosanna has passed through a vast furnace of doubt."
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Seasoned Beginners
They’ve started over so often their hands know the feel of dawn— coffee cooling on the railing, heart set to carry on. They don’t talk much of wisdom, they just mend what’s torn and lean— their...
