James K. Baxter Professions : Poet Born : June 29, 1926 Died : October 22, 1972 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by James K. Baxter But loss is a precious stone to me, a nectar Distilled in time, preaching the truth of winter To the fallen heart that does not cease to fall. James K. Baxter loss heart fall The crisis of the church is not at its deepest level a crisis of authority, or a crisis of dogmatic theology. It is a crisis of powerlessness in which our sole recourse is to call on the help and inward power of the Holy Spirit. James K. Baxter inward church christian The poem is a plank laid over the lion's den. James K. Baxter dens lions poetry Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors