Poetry: Refreshes the Parts Other Words Cannot Reach
It’s all poetry all the time at Second. This Sunday and the following Sunday, Ann Wilson will lead a discussion about poetry in a popular Christian Forum discussion before church that has taken place several times over the years – but each time with a different lens and a new set of poems. And if you’ve not seen it already, please take a look at Mike Willock’s beautiful reflection written in National Poetry Month about poems that he has found especially meaningful over the years, published on Second’s blog a couple of weeks ago. While “Poetry Sunday” is not something that is exists on any liturgical calendar, Second dubbed last Sunday’s story as its “Poetry Sunday” with the entirety of the service restructured to link sentiments from ancient Jewish scriptures to a huge variety of poems - some very well known, some less so; some contemporary, some more traditional; all worth rereading beyond the service itself. The booklet can be found here . The service, coordinated by Kenda...