Elaine Elizabeth Belz
@eebelz.bsky.social
Theologian, poet, Detroiter, churchgeek.
Asst Prof, Theology, etseminary.edu
Cathedral Choir; Docent; etc., detroitcathedral.org
Some of my writing:
https://earthandaltarmag.com/posts?author=61a8100919657473c2d902d1
https://beltmag.com/putting-down-roots
Asst Prof, Theology, etseminary.edu
Cathedral Choir; Docent; etc., detroitcathedral.org
Some of my writing:
https://earthandaltarmag.com/posts?author=61a8100919657473c2d902d1
https://beltmag.com/putting-down-roots
More of the gallery:
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
More of the gallery:
My poems in the gallery at Grosse Pointe Congregational Church. The wheelbarrow poem is my response to Marguerite Carlton’s photo.
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My poems in the gallery at Grosse Pointe Congregational Church. The wheelbarrow poem is my response to Marguerite Carlton’s photo.
Opening this Thursday night!
If you’re in the Detroit area, mark your calendar now for January 10 when I and so many of my favorite poets will read our poems, & the artists will talk about their work. Books for sale $10/ea with all the poems and art!
If you’re in the Detroit area, mark your calendar now for January 10 when I and so many of my favorite poets will read our poems, & the artists will talk about their work. Books for sale $10/ea with all the poems and art!
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Opening this Thursday night!
If you’re in the Detroit area, mark your calendar now for January 10 when I and so many of my favorite poets will read our poems, & the artists will talk about their work. Books for sale $10/ea with all the poems and art!
If you’re in the Detroit area, mark your calendar now for January 10 when I and so many of my favorite poets will read our poems, & the artists will talk about their work. Books for sale $10/ea with all the poems and art!
🙄 Oh Adobe. Even my ADHD brain doesn't think 15 pages is that long.
It's an academic article, not a business memo.
It's an academic article, not a business memo.
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🙄 Oh Adobe. Even my ADHD brain doesn't think 15 pages is that long.
It's an academic article, not a business memo.
It's an academic article, not a business memo.
Jesus looks like he’s annoyed with a mosquito.
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Jesus looks like he’s annoyed with a mosquito.
What else would you do on a Sunday afternoon?
(Currently letting WD-40 soak into old bolts that likely haven’t budged since 2008.)
(Currently letting WD-40 soak into old bolts that likely haven’t budged since 2008.)
October 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What else would you do on a Sunday afternoon?
(Currently letting WD-40 soak into old bolts that likely haven’t budged since 2008.)
(Currently letting WD-40 soak into old bolts that likely haven’t budged since 2008.)
Miss ya, dad.
I lost my dad to Alzheimer's six years ago today.
Easy to remember—it's Michaelmas.
We buried him on St. Francis' Day.
Pic: Me & my dad, somewhere, sometime.
I lost my dad to Alzheimer's six years ago today.
Easy to remember—it's Michaelmas.
We buried him on St. Francis' Day.
Pic: Me & my dad, somewhere, sometime.
September 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Miss ya, dad.
I lost my dad to Alzheimer's six years ago today.
Easy to remember—it's Michaelmas.
We buried him on St. Francis' Day.
Pic: Me & my dad, somewhere, sometime.
I lost my dad to Alzheimer's six years ago today.
Easy to remember—it's Michaelmas.
We buried him on St. Francis' Day.
Pic: Me & my dad, somewhere, sometime.
Source: Live Science
Really fascinating (and I’d never heard of a green jay! How gorgeous!) but this paragraph amused me. Wild bird won’t “cooperate” with being captured—would you?
Really fascinating (and I’d never heard of a green jay! How gorgeous!) but this paragraph amused me. Wild bird won’t “cooperate” with being captured—would you?
September 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Source: Live Science
Really fascinating (and I’d never heard of a green jay! How gorgeous!) but this paragraph amused me. Wild bird won’t “cooperate” with being captured—would you?
Really fascinating (and I’d never heard of a green jay! How gorgeous!) but this paragraph amused me. Wild bird won’t “cooperate” with being captured—would you?
I don’t remember what I was looking at or why, but this amused me.
September 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I don’t remember what I was looking at or why, but this amused me.
I ask to order a stapler.
I’m told there’s one behind the photocopier, and it “looks like a nice one.”
I’m told there’s one behind the photocopier, and it “looks like a nice one.”
September 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I ask to order a stapler.
I’m told there’s one behind the photocopier, and it “looks like a nice one.”
I’m told there’s one behind the photocopier, and it “looks like a nice one.”
The Sleepy Potato.
No idea what it is.
No idea what it is.
September 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The Sleepy Potato.
No idea what it is.
No idea what it is.
My last (and only) pantoum ("40") had a different rhyme scheme, but here's how it would fill in in this spreadsheet. I'd only have to type out half the lines.
August 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
My last (and only) pantoum ("40") had a different rhyme scheme, but here's how it would fill in in this spreadsheet. I'd only have to type out half the lines.
It's actually nothing special, just this (in formula audit view):
August 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It's actually nothing special, just this (in formula audit view):
This is her happy place.
(Taking care of a friend’s cats, & this one thinks I’m terrifying.)
(Taking care of a friend’s cats, & this one thinks I’m terrifying.)
August 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This is her happy place.
(Taking care of a friend’s cats, & this one thinks I’m terrifying.)
(Taking care of a friend’s cats, & this one thinks I’m terrifying.)
The mulberry tree’s in the other neighbor’s yard, but also leans over my fence. This is the tree I parked under.
July 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The mulberry tree’s in the other neighbor’s yard, but also leans over my fence. This is the tree I parked under.
To me, seeing individually packaged pickles on the shelf in a gas station fit that bill.
July 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
To me, seeing individually packaged pickles on the shelf in a gas station fit that bill.
I've been putting off getting a new headshot for too long, and needed one for our academic catalog ASAP. Luckily, I was able to have a coworker do it today, but yesterday I had suggested using this. My colleagues knew I was joking, but said they thought I should go ahead & use it. I will not.
July 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I've been putting off getting a new headshot for too long, and needed one for our academic catalog ASAP. Luckily, I was able to have a coworker do it today, but yesterday I had suggested using this. My colleagues knew I was joking, but said they thought I should go ahead & use it. I will not.
From the RCL (Episcopal version, track 1) for tomorrow, Proper 11 Year C. BCP Psalter.
July 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
From the RCL (Episcopal version, track 1) for tomorrow, Proper 11 Year C. BCP Psalter.
"Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels (Genesis 18:1-15)," attributed to Francesco Lamarra (Italian 1710–80)
Genesis fails to mention the entertainment was a stand-up routine:
Genesis fails to mention the entertainment was a stand-up routine:
July 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels (Genesis 18:1-15)," attributed to Francesco Lamarra (Italian 1710–80)
Genesis fails to mention the entertainment was a stand-up routine:
Genesis fails to mention the entertainment was a stand-up routine:
I feel like this photo (from Zillow) is missing a crash-test dummy.
July 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I feel like this photo (from Zillow) is missing a crash-test dummy.
This seems odd.
Detroit's coded for a mild thunderstorm, while across the river, Windsor is coded extreme.
Is it the Joe Louis fist we have aimed south toward Canada that's keeping their storm away? Or am I just reading this wrong? (Key is in lower RH corner)
Detroit's coded for a mild thunderstorm, while across the river, Windsor is coded extreme.
Is it the Joe Louis fist we have aimed south toward Canada that's keeping their storm away? Or am I just reading this wrong? (Key is in lower RH corner)
June 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This seems odd.
Detroit's coded for a mild thunderstorm, while across the river, Windsor is coded extreme.
Is it the Joe Louis fist we have aimed south toward Canada that's keeping their storm away? Or am I just reading this wrong? (Key is in lower RH corner)
Detroit's coded for a mild thunderstorm, while across the river, Windsor is coded extreme.
Is it the Joe Louis fist we have aimed south toward Canada that's keeping their storm away? Or am I just reading this wrong? (Key is in lower RH corner)
Also, FWIW, here's my take on the indomitable human spirit:
June 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Also, FWIW, here's my take on the indomitable human spirit:
I don't know why they put the "next" in there. Wednesday is 3 days away. "Next" makes it feel like such a long time. Then again, so does this heat.
June 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I don't know why they put the "next" in there. Wednesday is 3 days away. "Next" makes it feel like such a long time. Then again, so does this heat.