
Give Us this Day

Posted by Moudi Sbeity | May 30, 2025 | Poetry | 5 |

Moudi is a Lebanese-American poet and transpersonal therapist, and the author of the forthcoming books Want A World (Fernwood Press, 2026) and Habibi Means Beloved (University of Utah Press, 2026). In a previous life, Moudi co-owned and operated Laziz Kitchen, a Lebanese restaurant in Salt Lake City. Moudi was also a named plaintiff in Kitchen v. Herbert, the landmark case that brought marriage equality to Utah in 2014. As a person who stutters, they are passionate about writing and poetry as practices in fluency and self-expression. They call the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colorado home.

The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.
I love this poem.
What a beautiful poem! Thank you.
I love the imagery in this poem. I can taste the flavors he mentions and see the foods he is describing.
Such sensual imagery! Beautiful poem, Moudi!
Moudi, what a gorgeous poem! “our tongues prostrated out as altars, our mouths humbled as begging bowls.” Reading it is a sensory experience, and a sacrament1