This Teeming Mess of Glory (Hardcover)

Matthew Pullar

ISBN 13: 9798385242269

Published by Resource Publications (CA), 2025

About this Item

Hardcover. Volcanic soil, basalt, ocean depths, and migrating birds--all the rich, teeming life of creation mingles together in these poems to explore the stuff from which God made us and the myriad influences that shape who we become. In This Teeming Mess of Glory, Pullar probes how identity is shaped by our origins, our families, and the competing forces at work in our minds and hearts. Fathers, mothers, grandparents, children, ancestors, and dormant volcanos come together in this collection to ask what it means to live and grow as God's creatures in the messy glory of this life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: This Teeming Mess of Glory (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798385242269
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Volcanic soil, basalt, ocean depths, and migrating birds--all the rich, teeming life of creation mingles together in these poems to explore the stuff from which God made us and the myriad influences that shape who we become. In This Teeming Mess of Glory, Pullar probes how identity is shaped by our origins, our families, and the competing forces at work in our minds and hearts. Fathers, mothers, grandparents, children, ancestors, and dormant volcanos come together in this collection to ask what it means to live and grow as God's creatures in the messy glory of this life.

About the Author

Matthew Pullar writes and teaches in Melbourne, Australia, where he lives with his wife and their three children. His unpublished manuscript, Imperceptible Arms, won him the 2013 Young Australian Christian Writer of the Year award. He is the author of three poetry collections, The Swelling Year (2019), Les Feuilles Mortes (2020), and Anno Domini (2020), and his work has been featured in many publications including Reformed Journal, Ekstasis, Fare Forward, and Amethyst Review.