Love Bade Me Welcome
Drawing Nearer to God with the Poems of George Herbert
- Bible Studies & Devotionals
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
Everyone needs wise companions in their walk with God. Through his poetry, George Herbert has been drawing others into a more honest faith and a deeper love of the Triune God for hundreds of years. Whether you are new to Herbert or already love his poetry, this devotional is an invitation to engage with a selection of his poems and to bring yourself and your experiences into conversation with his exploration of the life of faith. From ecstatic joy to profound spiritual depression, Herbert’s example encourages believers to hold every facet of themselves and their journeys before God. This devotional contains guidance for interpreting the poems and connecting them to one’s life, along with carefully chosen Scripture texts and prayers accompanying each poem and prompts to encourage personal reflection and prayer. It brings together Suzanne McDonald’s seventeenth-century expertise and decades of experiencing the formative power of Herbert’s poetry in her own life, in the hope that journeying with Herbert will enable readers to grow in knowledge and love of God, and in their faith and discipleship.
Endorsements (3)
“A book to treasure. Undergirded by McDonald’s remarkable theological insight and historical acumen, it would be hard to imagine a better companion to Herbert’s matchless poems. Take, read, inwardly digest—and you will find yourself encountering God afresh with every page.”
“There is perhaps no poet in the English language who is more profoundly beautiful and richly theological than George Herbert. To have a guide as knowledgeable as Suzanne McDonald—one who has experienced for herself the sort of transformation to which Herbert invites his readers—is a gift to lovers of poetry and theology alike. This volume offers not only a rich and delightful immersion into Herbert’s poetry but also extends Herbert’s invitation into deeper spiritual devotion.”
“For those who already cherish the words of George Herbert, this collection of meditations on his poems will be a welcome, cheering companion. And for those yet to discover this master of devotional frankness and spiritual adulthood, Suzanne McDonald’s book is the perfect introduction. It will have a cherished place on my shelf, next to Herbert’s poems themselves and the Bible and Prayer Book he knew and loved so well.”
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