Outside Ourselves: Poetry, Lent, and the Hope of Easter with Rachel Welcher
Outside Ourselves: Poetry, Lent, and the Hope of Easter with Rachel Welcher

Outside Ourselves: Poetry, Lent, and the Hope of Easter with Rachel Welcher

Author and Poet, Rachel Welcher, joins Kelsi to talk about her collection of poems entitled, "Two Funerals, then Easter" in which Rachel shares personal stories of both grief and joy.

Author and Poet, Rachel Welcher, joins Kelsi to talk about her collection of poems entitled, "Two Funerals, then Easter" in which Rachel shares personal stories of both grief and joy. Kelsi and Rachel talk about some of the characteristics of poetry, including honesty, double meanings and unresolved endings and how these characteristics often mirror both Scripture and the Christian life in general. Rachel also shares some wisdom on getting through Lent during difficult seasons in life and how Jesus' resurrection remains the anchor for her hope in this life and the resurrected life to come.

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Two Funerals, Then Easter