Poetry for the Church with Abram Van Engen

Podcast: The Living Church Podcast · The Living Church

Opublikowano: 2025-09-25

Why read poetry? If poetry is esoteric, confusing, and time-consuming, why bother? Our guest today, Dr. Abram Van Engen, has a strong case for why poetry isn't esoteric at all, but extremely useful, concrete, relational, enjoyable, and meaningful, not just for you, but for the Church. His latest book is called Word Made Fresh, an Invitation to Poetry for the Church. Today we’ll discuss: the point of poetry and why anyone should bother reading it, how to read a poem, what it might mean that Scripture is full of poetry, what church leaders learn from...