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“put that theory into practice. I believe that by ‘waiting on the Word’, in every sense of that phrase, waiting on the true Logos, the meaning behind all meanings, and attending closely to the way that meaning is imaginatively bodied forth in poetry, we can begin to unfold a little more of the mystery of our faith, to unpack and open out the contents of those technical words, Incarnation and Atonement. It is my conviction that to do theology well we must bring the poets to the table along with the theologians, and listen carefully to what they say.”

Malcolm Guite, Waiting on the Word: A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
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Waiting on the Word: A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany Waiting on the Word: A Poem a Day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by Malcolm Guite
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