Saint Paul's Parade

February 2nd, 2026 | 4 min read

Thriambos: first a hymn to Bacchus,
long-honored lord of wine-soaked mirth.

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Haley Byrd Wilt is a writer, editor, and journalist based in the D.C. area. Her work has been published in Christianity Today, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, NOTUS, and CNN, among others. Her fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction & Fact.

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Poetry

Theology

Saint Paul's Parade

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