Wm. Epes, MDiv (he, him, his) hosts the virtual open mic series “Tuesday Duets” from the Lowcountry of Charleston, SC. His several ministries include two online arts groups, and two years serving a young man in pre-trial detention as a pastoral counselor. Bill’s FB group “strand line break” celebrates multi-arts dialogue and connection; affirms the worth and dignity of every person; and promotes shared meaning-making through art. He counts himself a lifelong UU, a religious naturalist, and for eight years, a Northerner living in the New South. Bill has been member of Unitarian Church in Charleston since 2013, where he did his academic internship, and Circular Congregational Church (UCC).
Under a Constitution that protects freedom of speech, do all words matter? In a poem, every word counts. As the ancient, relational art of poetry rises again as a machine of persuasion, liberation, protest, and spiritual practice, we revisit verses of Emily Dickinson, James Wright, Marge Piercy, Joy Harjo, and Jericho Brown, so a South … Continue reading Words Matter: Ring Every Word like a Bell
