Progressive Poems

2017-18 NBA XPLOR Hiram-Mantua house

Each house in NBA XPLOR chooses to spend Sabbath time with their spiritual companion differently. Some discuss a book that they’ve been reading together, others watch a thought provoking movie, while still others find artwork as an outlet for spiritual discernment. After the NBA + OGMP tour, the Hiram-Mantua XPLOR Residentswrote progressive poems, so called because they were a collaborative effort among the Residents and their spiritual companion, ‘progressing’ from one participant to the next. They were all provided with a prompt, each wrote a line under the prompt, and then passed the poems to the left. Read the poems below for Mary, Ian, Melissa, and Linda’s reflections on the trip, their faith/journeys, and the political and liturgical moments.

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NBA XPLOR is a 10-month service residency opportunity for young adults ages 21-30, with the purpose of empowering young adults to discern and develop a “heart for care” as they live together in simple community, engage in direct service and justice work, engage in leadership development, and discern their vocational calls to honor the various communities they are called to serve. Learn more and apply at nbacares.org/xplor.