Word Beneath the Words with Malcolm Guite

Word Beneath the Words with Malcolm GuiteWe’re joined on our podcast by poet, priest and songwriter, Malcolm Guite. With grace and insight, Malcolm has written of the mystery, beauty and imaginative force of language and the ways in which our imaginations apprehend truth that our reason cannot fully comprehend:“Jesus says, love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your strength, and all your mind. And somewhere in all those ‘alls’ is all your imagination.  And in fact, when we look at the teaching of Jesus, it's mostly an appeal to the imagination as a way of perceiving truth in a fresh way. He tells stories and parables.”We trust that you’ll be inspired by the beauty of Guite’s poetry, and by the ways in which the poetic imagination brings healing to the false divide between the subjective and the objective.04:44 The Connection Between the Priestly and Poetic Vocations12:02 The Role of Imagination in Apprehending Truth17:48 The Responsibility of Language and the Power of Words23:24 The Idea of Being Spoken into Being32:25 The Destructive Power of Words36:23 The Importance of Intellectual HospitalityThis podcast is an edited version of an online conversation recorded in 2024. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about Malcolm Guite.Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:John DonneLove, Remember, by Malcolm GuiteParable and Paradox, by Malcolm GuiteTheology and the Poetic Imagination, by Malcolm GuiteThe Singing Bowl, by Malcolm GuiteWaiting on the Word, by Malcolm GuiteLifting the Veil, by Malcolm GuiteSounding the Seasons, by Malcolm GuiteThe Word Within the Words, by Malcolm GuiteGerard Manley HopkinsGeorge HerbertR.S. ThomasSeamus HeaneyJohn KeatsSamuel Taylor ColeridgeWiliiam WordsworthWilliam ShakespeareC. S. LewisSir AndrewsMere Christianity, by C.S. LewisThe Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. LewisJohn MiltonEdmund SpenserThomas ClarksonPilgrim's ProgressDiana GlyerDavid's Crown, by Malcolm GuiteRelated Trinity Forum Readings:Spirit and Imagination, selections from Samuel Taylor Coleridge with an introduction by Malcolm GuiteBulletins from Immortality: Poems by Emily DickinsonGod's Grandeur: The Poems of Gerard Manley HopkinsSacred and Profane Love, featuring the poetry of John DonneRelated Conversations:A New Year With The Word with Malcolm GuiteMusic, Creativity & Justice with Ruth Naomi FloydTo listen to this or any of our episodes in full, visit ttf.org/podcast and to join the Trinity Forum Society and help make content like this possible, join the Trinity Forum SocietySpecial thanks to Ned Bustard for our podcast artwork.