Wounded I Sing

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'Wounded I Sing is an Advent song for the soul which with all the intensity of the minor key plummets the depths of sorrow but emerges rejoicing.'</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Guli Francis-Dehqani Bishop of Chelmsford England</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>George Herbert is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet the world has known. Here Richard Harries introduces the poet and reflects on 24 of his greatest poems six for each of the four weeks of Advent including Redemption The Country Parson and The Temple.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Each week focuses on a different theme:</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Week 1: Winning the Heart</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Week 2: Held by Christ</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Week 3: Welcome</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Week 4: All Praise</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>After each poem Richard Harries reflects on the poet's sense of the divine and draws out spiritual insights for the reader to think about as they prepare to celebrate Christ's appearing.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The result is a book that readers will want to return to over and over again whether during Advent or in any other season of the year.</span></p>