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all things hold together

  • Writer: rypennington94
    rypennington94
  • Oct 27, 2025
  • 1 min read

a poem

Today's scars reopening into yesterday's wounds. Rhythms of rest unwanted space for pain to inflame secret senses. Slowly leaking, motivation depleting. Mind knows discipline as an aly, body responds like an adversary. God’s crowned creation, six feet from eye's gaze— drenched in spotlight captivating attention, heart feels miles away. The stage is a cage— Sunday entertainment. Looked at not seen. Heard not understood. Used not loved. Transaction. The chase for consistency as consistent as forgetful exhales. Enough could interlock with these sweaty hands and remain unknown. Maybe relief is future’s resident, revealed when we behold Beauty face-to-face. Liturgical resistance in this middle place— defying a life void of connection is the waving banner. If the cost is suffering, bleeding love will coat the path. If I fall apart along the way, trust remains with the One who holds all things together.

 
 
 

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My name is Ryan Pennington. I'm an obnoxious Nebraska Husker fan (who doesn't even love corn or the color red). My favorite bands are Twenty One Pilots, Paramore, and Kings Kaleidoscope. I enjoy walking, making analog collages, playing piano, getting lost in good music, and traveling to concerts with my wife. Green is my favorite color and my tattoos prove it. 💚​​

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Ryan Pennington is a pastor-poet, communicator, and educator whose work explores the sacred architecture of ordinary beauty and inevitable pain. A lifelong Midwesterner, Ryan spent the first half of his life in Nebraska before settling in South Dakota, where the seasonal rhythms of the Great Plains deeply inform his writing.

He holds a B.A. in Theology from the University of Sioux Falls and an M.Div. from Kairos University (formerly Sioux Falls Seminary). After nine years in pastoral ministry, Ryan now serves within the Sioux Falls School District, maintaining a creative practice through writing poetry and prayers, creating analog collage, taking endless pictures and videos of everything beautiful, and inviting others into a more beautiful reality on social media.

His debut collection of poetry and prayer, Both And, is slated for publication in 2026.

He lives in Sioux Falls with his wife, Crystal, and their cat.​​

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