poems

August 13, 2025

Image in Poem and Preaching

Let the image sing loud, lean into the images to their breaking point, and then through the emotions in the image bring forth the meaning. Continue reading

Pastoral, Poetry, Preaching

Bible, Christianity, literature, Poem, poems, Poetry, Preaching, writing
April 24, 2025

The Kiln-April 24th, 2025

Another newsletter with some works in progress. Continue reading

Newsletter, Poetry

art, Bible, books, Christianity, fiction, Jesus, Love, poems, Poetry, Thankfulness, writing
February 20, 2025

The Kiln – February 20th, 2025

The first newsletter-type update on current works, publications, and ideas. Continue reading

Newsletter, Poetry

art, Bible, books, Christianity, Dante, Newsletter, Poem, poems, Poetry, writing

About Me

Casey Dwyer is a pastor, poet, and painter living in Monroe, Wisconsin, along with his blessed wife Danielle. He pastors Lena Free Church in Lena, Illinois, where he relishes in the art of preaching and pastoring saturated in the stories of real people and real places. His poems and essays have been published in several journals, including Clayjar Review, Ekstasis, Rialto Books Review, Ekphrastic Review, and more. At home you’ll find him painting, tending his prairie garden, reading, speaking or singing in broken Italian to his cats, or attempting to fix something that has broken.

If you’d like to listen to his sermons, you can find them here.

poems

Image in Poem and Preaching

The Kiln-April 24th, 2025

The Kiln – February 20th, 2025