God Speaks Through Wombs, Drew Jackson
God Speaks Through Wombs, Drew Jackson
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God Speaks Through Wombs
Poems on God’s Unexpected Coming

Author: Drew Jackson, Jon Batiste

Narrator: Drew Jackson

Unabridged: 2 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2021


Synopsis

But God speaks through wombs, birthing prophetic utterances. . . . Enough of this unbelieving religion that masquerades as faith. Divine favor is placed on what we have disgraced.

In God Speaks Through Wombs, Drew Jackson explores the first eight chapters of Luke's Gospel in a new poetic register. These are declarative poems, faithfully proclaiming the gospel story in all its liberative power. Here the gospel is the "fresh words / that speak of / things impossible." From the Magnificat ("That girl can sing! . . . She has a voice / That can shatter shackles") to the baptism of Christ ("I stepped in / Committing insurrection"), this collection helps us hear the hum of deliverance—against all hope—that's been in the gospel all along.

About Drew Jackson

Drew Jackson is the founding pastor of Hope East Village in New York City. He also writes poetry at the intersection of justice, peace, and contemplation, with a passion to contribute toward a more just and whole world. He and his wife have twin daughters and live in Lower Manhattan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by K.J. on January 22, 2022

Jackson’s poems spark to life from the book of Luke and bring the gospel’s message of liberation to life right here and now. He’s given us a work of theological art, profound antiracism, and stunning hope. I read it in the mornings along with the Scripture passages the poems are connected to, and I......more

Goodreads review by Michael on September 14, 2021

God Speaks Through Wombs is hands-down my favorite poetry collection of the year. Pastor-poet Drew Jackson offers us an fresh and insightful collection of poems inspired by the first eight chapters of Luke's gospel — poems simultaneously rooted in the Scriptures and his experience as a Black man in......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on October 20, 2021

Great poetry. It is really good when read along with the corresponding Bible verses.......more

Goodreads review by Amy on November 05, 2021

Beautifully interwoven poems, combining the stories of scripture (Luke 1-8) and the realities of living in the world today.......more

Goodreads review by Luke on January 06, 2025

This book had a very interesting premise, but I struggled through a lot of it.......more