The Reformed Journal Podcast

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Cody Adams about his poem “Choosing Stones.” Cody is an English Teacher from Buffalo, NY. His poetry has appeared in Ekstasis Magazine, Heart of Flesh, Cacti Fur, Solum Literary Press, among others. He received the 2016 Clarence Amann award for his short story Unstuck. He also serves as a Board Member for F...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Paul Willis about his poem “Compulsion.” Paul has published eight full collections and six chapbooks of poetry, the most recent of which are Losing Streak (Kelsay Books, 2024) and Orvieto (Solum Literary Press, 2025). Individual poems have appeared in Poetry, Slant, and Southern Poetry Review, and have been...

In this episode of the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Jo Taylor about her poem, “Upon Our Seeing the Grand Tetons for the First Time.” Jo is a retired, 35-year English teacher from Georgia. Her favorite genre to teach high school students was poetry, and today she dedicates more time to writing it, her major themes focused on family, place, and faith. She says she writes to give testimony...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Brian G. Phipps about his poem “Aeronaut.” Brian is the author of  Before the Burning Bush  (Univ. of St. Katherine Press, 2018), a collection of poems. His poetry has appeared in several journals, most recently  Presence ,  St. Katherine Review , and  Vita Poetica . “Aeronaut” is part of a work-in-progress...

In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Alex Arthurs about his poem “Broken Balm.” Alex is husband to Sara, father to Luella, and dog-dad to Penny. A graduate of Hope College and Western Theological Seminary, Alex is ordained in the Reformed Church in America and has served churches in New Jersey and Michigan. He currently serves as the Pa...

In this week’s episode of Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Alex Mouw about his poem “My Lord Beige and Bubble Wrapped.” Alex is the author of the poetry collection The Unbelieving Yelp of Prey (Texas Review Press 2026), an examination of faith and ecology in the Midwest. His interests revolve around nature writing, devotional poetics, and the exchange between formal and free verse...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Marjorie Maddox about her poem “Sowing.” Marjorie is Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing at the Lock Haven campus of Commonwealth University, 2023 Monson Arts Fellow, a poetry editor of Presence , and radio host of WPSU-FM'’s Poetry Moment . Marjorie has published seventeen collections of poetry, including Tr...

In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Jerry Harp about his poem “The Precincts of the Holy.” Jerry’s books include Creature (2003), Gatherings (2004), and Spirit Under Construction (2017). His poems appear in America, Best American Poetry (2009), Boulevard, Cincinnati Review, Commonweal, december, The Iowa Review, The Journal, Kenyon Rev...

In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Sara Kay Mooney about her poem “Contemplating the Redactions in the Newly Released Epstein Files.” Sara Kay is a writer based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she lives with her partner and three children. Her writing has appeared in  Earth & Altar, The Charlotte Observer, Mockingbird,  and  B...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Andy Stager about his poem “The Return of Appetite.” Andy is from Akron, Ohio, and has lived in South Carolina, Korea, Switzerland, and Colorado. He has a PhD in divinity and a DMin in the sacred art of writing. He has published poetry in Ekstasis, Fare Forward, Rejection Letters, Dust Poetry, and elsewhere...

In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Ali Leon about her poem “Doxology.” Ali is a poet living in Oregon with her husband and two daughters. Her work attends to motherhood, embodiment, and the quiet intersections of faith and daily life.

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Steven Searcy about his poem “Preliminary.” Steven is the author of  Below the Brightness  (Solum Press, 2024). His poems have appeared in  Southern Poetry Review ,  Commonweal ,  The Windhover ,  New Verse Review , and elsewhere. He lives with his wife and four sons in Georgia.

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Hannah Faith Notess about her poem “Dwell.” Hannah is a poet and software product manager. Her first book of poems,  The Multitude,  won the Michael Waters Poetry Prize from Southern Indiana Review Press. She lives with her family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she co-runs a poetry reading series, Yellow...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Deb Baker about her poem “Be Opened.” Deb lives in New Hampshire and works for a climate justice organization and in a hospital. She is a poet and spiritual director, Contemplative Practices editor at Vita Poetica, and writes about what she’s reading at  bookconscious.wordpress.com .

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviewed Steven Peterson about his poem “A Famine of Words.” Steven is a poet and playwright living in Chicago. His recent poems appear in Alabama Literary Review, America Magazine, The Christian Century, Dappled Things, First Things, The Windhover, and other journals. His plays have been produced around the USA. H...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Caroline J. Simon, PhD, about her poem “After Denise Levertov’s Essays.” Caroline is provost emeritus of Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, where she served as executive vice president and chief academic officer for seven years. She taught at Hope College in Holland, Michigan for twenty-five years...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Lila Robinett Tindall about her poem “On Absolution.” Lila is a poet from East Texas whose work concerns issues of femininity, faith, and domesticity. She has been published in Ekstasis Magazine, Five South, Bicoastal Review, and elsewhere.

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Betsy Howard about her poem “Grafting Apple Shoots.” Betsy serves as an assistant professor of modern literature at Bethlehem College in Minneapolis, MN and as an affiliate researcher at the University of Minnesota with the Center for the PreModern World. Her recent academic work has included essays in  Religion and the Arts  ...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Marci Rae Johnson about her poem “Winterscape with Hair Gel and Citrus.” Johnson works as an editor for a book publisher, and in her previous life she taught college English. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in  Image, Mid-American Review, Moon City Review, The MacGuffin, Rhino, The Louisville Review,  a...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the Poetry Edition, Rose Postma talks with Janet Ruth Heller about her poem “Annunication.” Heller is the president of the Michigan College English Association. She has a Ph. D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago. She is a past president of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. She has published three poe...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Sarah Watkins about her poem “The Jar the Woman Left Beside the Well.” Sarah is an educator by trade and a writer by necessity. She currently resides in northeast Arkansas with her husband.

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Joshua Patch about his poem “Malchus.” Patch is a teacher residing in southern Michigan, and his poetry has appeared in  Solum Journal  and The Borough.

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Paul J. Willis about his poem “Michigan Spring.” Paul is professor emeritus of English at Westmont College and a former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. Paul has published eight collections of poetry and the most recent is entitled Losing Streak.

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Caroline Liberatore  about her poem “Manual Labor.” Liberatore is a poet, editor, and librarian from Cleveland, Ohio. Her vocations indicate what she cares most deeply for: the written word, artistic excellence, embodied presence in local communities, commonplace beauty, and the tangible redemption of Chris...

In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews William D. Howden on his poem “Wrapped and Laid.” Howden is an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Now retired, he lives in San Antonio with his wife, Jan Davis, and their cats. He holds degrees from Milligan University (BA) and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv and Ph...