The first time I drank the cup /
I thought it would taste like /
blood /
salty warm /
but it was sweet /
too sweet /
like medicine with sugar in it /
to hide the bitter taste. /
Cure of Souls /
fill me with your bittersweetness /
till all of me /tastes like /
Wine.
Karen Lee-Thorp is a member of the Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary and is a retired freelance writer and former senior editor for NavPress Bible studies. She has written or co-written more than fifty books, workbooks, and study guides. She speaks from years of research on the Bible and women’s issues as well as from her own experience of God’s goodness in the face of incest, anorexia, and health challenges. She holds a BA from Yale University (History, Summa Cum Laude). Her books include “Why Beauty Matters,” the “Doing Life Together” series, “Revolutionary Parenting Workbook” (with George Barna), and several volumes in the “Bringing the Bible to Life” series. She became Catholic in 2012 and lives in Southern California with her husband, Greg Herr.
