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While twilight gave me a time in which I might pay attention to prayer in my life, I am profoundly grateful for a welcoming place and tradition in which to ground that practice. For me that place is the community of Saint Mark’s, Newport and the Episcopal Church in Vermont. The cadence and tempo of our prayer life together—from softly still and deeply reflective moments to exhilarating jazz evensong—played an important part in shaping not only this book but also continues to shape my heart.

One of the greatest charms of twilight is that it allows us to see certain bodies that appear to shine more brightly in that magic moment, although they are always present somewhere in the universe. In that light, I remember here with great fondness the late poet Jane Kenyan, though our orbits intersected only briefly. Decades after our first meeting, her kind encouragement to put pen to paper has remained with me—time travelling, as it were—and I have thought of her often as I wrote these pages or stood beneath the painted sky.

Amidst the firmament of people it takes to make a book, I would like to thank the constellation that is Wipf and Stock Publishers. I am especially grateful to Matthew Wimer, for his adept oversight of the project, and Brian Palmer for coordinating all the moving pieces with utmost professionalism and patience.

Lastly, I am profoundly thankful for my partner in life and in all things, without whom this book would never have seen the light of any day—and I would be truly in the dark. Jim, you are ever my Polaris: my true north and guiding star.