receive and pursue beauty.
Nurture the creative life through writing, reading, wonder, and imagination.
Welcome!
I’m Jody Benson, writer AND editor.
My passions are reading, writing, editing, and seeing books come to life. I also love beauty in all its forms: art, music, poetry, and literature but also a well-made tea, Gothic cathedral, and lively pollinator garden.
My interests include literature, philosophy, and theology as well as education, ecology, and bioethics.
mission
To inspire and cultivate creativity as a way of life through words, wonder, and beauty.
The art of writing expands our literary, moral, and Christian imaginations. Through my creative work, I invite others to notice, ponder, and appreciate the meaning and mystery that imbue our lives.
“Ecological conversion starts with a personal encounter and relationship with God, leading to a love that extends to our entire community.”
Jody C. Benson, Behold
“Whenever I felt the beauty of the world in song or story, in the material universe around me, or glimpsed it in human love, I wanted to cry out with joy. The Psalms were an outlet for this enthusiasm of joy or grief—and I suppose my writing was also an outlet. After all, one must communicate ideas. I always felt the common unity of our humanity; the longing of the human heart is for this communion.”
—Dorothy Day