Louis William Countryman

Run, Shepherds, Run: Poems for Advent and Christmas Louis William Countryman Large Print edition

Brief Description: Poems for daily devotion during Advent and the 12 days of Christmas. Publisher Marketing: The Advent season is filled with rich themes that have fascinated poets. In Run, Shepherds, Run, Bill Countryman presents a poem a day for devotional reading during Advent and the twelve days of Christmas. Readers will find classic poets they know and love, including George Herbert, John Donne, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as well as contemporary poets, known and unknown. Run, Shepherds, Run includes helpful hints for reading poetry, for those who have less experience reading it than others, as well as useful annotations to help readers with older language that may not have easily apparent meanings for today's readers. Review Citations:

Christian Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 31 (EAN 9780819221513, Paperback)

Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 104 (EAN 9780819221513, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Countryman, L William . William Countryman is Sherman E. Johnson Professor of New Testament at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, and the author of several books in New Testament interpretation for the contemporary church.