A poetic take on theology

Kristin Jack, from the Servants to Asia's Urban Poor, in his powerful collection Poetry and Prophecy  observes:

I am so weary of creedal system,
even more of doctrine,
for spirit will not slide
underneath a microscope,
or flow inside a formula
no matter how elegantly precise.

But I am all ears to Poetry and Prophecy,
the wild song that rides
upon the Wind and on the Light,
as ode to Love and Wonder
sung to the One and only Word
that ever truly took shape. ("Theology" p.39)

The Sound of Worlds Colliding

This is a powerful collection of testimonies from the margin's of Asia's big cities by people who have given themselves to live with the poor in response to the call of Jesus. It is a salutary reminder of the conditions under which the majority of the world lives and dies.