Touch the Earth, Drew Jackson
Touch the Earth, Drew Jackson
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Touch the Earth
Poems on The Way

Author: Drew Jackson

Narrator: Drew Jackson

Unabridged: 2 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/10/2023


Synopsis

Gather it from memory. Let it touch the earth.

In Touch the Earth, Drew Jackson continues the project he began in God Speaks Through Wombs, reflecting on the Gospel of Luke through poetry. Touch the Earth picks up in chapter nine and continues through the end of Luke's Gospel. Part protest poetry, part biblical commentary, Jackson presents the gospel story in all its liberative power. Here the gospel is the "fresh words / that speak of / things impossible."

From the feeding of the multitude ("The best hosts always provide / take home containers”) to the resurrection of Jesus ("the belly of mother Earth / is, indeed, a womb . . . the humus of life is where we become fully human"), 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 Grace on January 04, 2023

This is a beautiful book, creatively weaving poetry, Scripture, and life together. This is the second book in the series, completing a poetic walk through the book of Luke. These powerful poems help the reader see the stories in the Gospel of Luke with fresh eyes- weaving in the modern-day reality o......more

Goodreads review by Michele on March 15, 2023

Touch the Earth is a collection of poems on the way, written as a response to Drew Jackson’s open-hearted reading of Jesus’s life and ministry. By folding his own story–his own family history– into the stanzas of his telling, he presents a Gospel of words, longing to embody truth and startling in th......more

Goodreads review by Kim on April 09, 2023

I read this book as a Lenten practice, alongside reading the Luke 9-24 in the First Nations Version of the New Testament. What a perfect combination! Drew wonderfully draws parallels between the biblical text, his own experience, and modern day America, particularly the history of the Black communit......more

Goodreads review by Rob on January 10, 2023

This is a truly powerful collection of poems, thought provoking, poignant and hard hitting. There is an honesty in the writing that cuts through the noise and excuses like a sharp knife. The words are so well crafted by someone who seems to be well read, thus well trained, as well as gifted. At the st......more

Goodreads review by Charis on April 21, 2024

This was one of the most beautiful, challenging pieces of poetry I’ve read and encourage everyone to read it and sit with it.......more