Like a Seed – Bethany J Melton

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:  

Like a Seed

 

Description:

Like A Seed  is a personal essay based on the parables Jesus told to describe his coming kingdom—his breaking in— using seeds, leaven, wheat, and mothers in labor. It draws out the slowness of these parables with stories from the artist’s own life, alongside the truth of what Tolkien called eucatastrophe— “a sudden and joyous turn.” Jesus comes again, and it will be eucatastrophic; but before the sprout, there’s the slow opening of the seed. 

 

Bio:

Bethany J Melton writes from her home on a road called Edgewood, where she takes long walks, reads Wendell Berry novels, and tries to garden like Beatrix Potter. She journals on her blog about truth, hope, and home, and her work can also be found on Story Warren and The Rabbit Room.

https://bethanyjmelton.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bethany.j.melton/ 

 

 

Author

  • Karen is finishing a PhD program in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts after careers in corporate management, consulting, and pastoral and theatre ministry. She explores theological and theatrical contexts of ’empty space’ and general human disposition toward it, with emphasis on improvisation (specifically Playback Theatre) and Holy Saturday. Since 2017, Karen has led or advised ITIA’s Transept group, a postgraduate-led group of multidisciplinary practicing artists. Karen was an editor for Transpositions from 2017 to 2022. As Editor-in-Chief, she fostered a closer partnership between Transpositions and Transept, hosted the In/break exhibition on the Transpositions site, and introduced regular series into the publishing schedule.