The Reformed Journal Podcast

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The Reformed Journal Podcast

The Reformed Journal Podcast is the official podcast of the The Reformed Journal: A Journal of Reformed Thought. Visit us at https://reformedjournal.com.

  1. "You Said Let There Be Light" by Michael Zysk

    FEB 4

    "You Said Let There Be Light" by Michael Zysk

    In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Michael Zysk about his poem “You Said, Let There be Light.” Twice nominated for the 2023 Pushcart Prize, Zysk is a mystical revivalist, whose third poetry collection Sophia's Wisdom will appear in 2024 (Wipf & Stock). His poems, essays, and sculptures have appeared in dozens of journals. He’s an alumnus of the 2022 Kenyon Review Summer Conference and the 2021 Community of Writers. A veteran English teacher-activist and faith leader of a mystical Christian tradition, Michael lives to connect. Reach out to him @michaelzysk or mz@michaelzysk.com.

    9 min
  2. “Life Beneath” by Matthew Pullar

    JAN 21

    “Life Beneath” by Matthew Pullar

    In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Matthew Pullar about his poem “Life Beneath.” Pullar is a poet based in Melbourne, Australia. He was awarded Young Australian Christian Writer of the Year in 2013 for his unpublished manuscript "Imperceptible Arms: A Memoir in Poems". He has published three books of poetry, including "The Swelling Year: Poems for Holy and Ordinary Days", and has had poetry featured in Poems for Ephesians and Ekstasis.

    11 min
  3. “Jesus Son of Gop” by Sarah M. Wells

    JAN 20

    “Jesus Son of Gop” by Sarah M. Wells

    In this episode of the Reformed Journal podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Sarah M. Wells about her poem "Jesus Son of GOP."

    16 min
  4. “Jesus Son of Gop” by Sarah M. Wells

    JAN 7

    “Jesus Son of Gop” by Sarah M. Wells

    In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Sarah M. Wells about her poem “Jesus Son of GOP.” is the author of The Family Bible Devotional Volumes 1 and 2, a memoir, American Honey: A Field Guide to Resisting Temptation (forthcoming), and two collections of poems, Between the Heron and the Moss and Pruning Burning Bushes. Poems and essays by Wells have appeared in Ascent, Brevity, Full Grown People, Hippocampus Review, The Pinch, River Teeth, Rock & Sling, Under the Gum Tree, Terrain.org and elsewhere. Sarah’s work has been honored with four Pushcart Prize nominations. Six of her essays have been listed as Notable Essays in The Best American Essays. She is a 2018 recipient of an Ohio Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. Sarah earned her BA in Creative Writing and MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Ashland University. She is a regular contributor to Root & Vine News and God Hears Her, a blog for women, from Our Daily Bread. She resides in Ashland, Ohio with her husband, Brandon, and their four children, Lydia, Elvis, Henry, and Izzy (their Westie).

    16 min
  5. “Near Death” by Zoie Jones

    12/17/2024

    “Near Death” by Zoie Jones

    In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Zoie Jones about her poem “Near Death.” Jones lives in the greater Los Angeles area where is pursuing a degree in English Literature. Her fiction has been published in Does it Have Pockets? and is forthcoming in Vestal Review.

    9 min
  6. “Make A Joyful Noise” by Abigail Carroll

    12/03/2024

    “Make A Joyful Noise” by Abigail Carroll

    In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Abigail Carroll about her poem “Make A Joyful Noise.” Carroll is author of three poetry collections: Cup My Days like Water, Habitation of Wonder, and A Gathering of Larks: Letters to Saint Francis from a Modern-Day Pilgrim. Her poems have been anthologized in How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope as well as in Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide. Her work of nonfiction, Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal, was a finalist for the Zócolo Public Square Prize. She lives and writes in Vermont.

    9 min
  7. “November Cold” by Dave Warners

    11/19/2024

    “November Cold” by Dave Warners

    In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal, Rose Postma interviews Dave Warners about his poem “November Cold.” Beginning in 1997, Warners has been teaching Botany and Ecology at Calvin University. Since 2009 he has directed Plaster Creek Stewards (PCS), a faith-based watershed initiative based at Calvin. Dave also teaches at Au Sable Institute in Northern Michigan and with the Creation Care Studies Program in New Zealand and Belize. In 2019 Dave and colleague Matthew Heun published Beyond Stewardship, an edited volume that explores new ways oft  understanding humanity’s place in creation. Dave and co-founder of PCS Gail Heffner will be publishing Ken-O-Sha: Working Towards Reconciliation in an American Watershed in early 2024 with Michigan State University Press. For fun Dave enjoys a variety of activities with his wife Teri, including bicycling, gardening, cooking, camping, and spending time with good friends.

    11 min
  8. “5th Commandment” by James Ryan Lee

    11/05/2024

    “5th Commandment” by James Ryan Lee

    In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews James Ryan Lee about his poem “5th commandment.” Lee received an M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine, where he studied under poets James McMichael, and Michael Ryan. His poems have appeared in Aethlon, The Minnesota Review, Juked, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Ordained Servant and Christianity and Literature. Duke University Press republished a section of his poem, “Bee Suit: Spring Chores with Grandfather,” for National Poetry Month. A Lecturer in English at Anderson University, he is currently at work on a manuscript of poems tentatively titled, “Cheating the House.” He recently completed an M.A. in Religious Studies from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taylors, SC where he lives with his wife and two children.

    8 min
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