Christmas poetry on the Christian Book Blurb Podcast

In English schools we are often taught not to repeat words in a sentence. However, in poetry most rules can be bent. Howard discusses the process of word repetition used in his poem ‘Broken’, which went against all he had previously been taught. This led to an insightful poem focused on both our own brokeness and the birth of the perfect baby Jesus, who would later be broken himself.

Howard says, “You can have a brokeness of heart, you can have broken things, tears can break down your face. A multitude of things entered my head. I couldn’t wait to get away from the tea table and scribble them down … and the realisation that with all that brokeness there was only one unbroken thing and that was that baby … and even he would be broken one day.”

Listen to this podcast to hear about:

• How the book Gift Beyond Measure came about.
• Howard Webber’s testimony of coming to faith.
• Other books by the author.
• Sharing Jesus with others naturally.