Over the last few weeks I’ve been reading Psalm 119 carefully. In the past the psalm has always seemed a blur to me, full of affirmations of God’s law, but with no development of thought and few obvious themes. Looking…
Tag: poetry
Gates of Adamant are Broken
This morning, our dawn service opened with this C.S. Lewis poem, and the the second service closed with the same poem. It’s a wonderful reflection on the resurrection, and illustrates how Lewis could think of the gospel as a true…
You should read more poetry
A while ago I was going to write something to encourage theological students to read some poetry. Then I realised, it should be a poem. Here it is. You should read more poetry. Words tracing images across pages diving into…