George Herbert (1593-1633) is arguably the greatest religious poet in the English language. I wrote a short commentary on his famous pattern poem, “Easter Wings,” for the April issue of Christianity Today. My goal was two-fold: to introduce a wider audience to this 17th century Anglican pastor-poet and to articulate his beautiful vision of our shared resurrection in Jesus Christ.
Read the PDF.
Just read your piece in CT yesterday. Nicely done!