Preaching

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

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March 7, 2025

The Kiln – March 7th, 2025

Some thoughts on the art of preaching as part of my regular newsletter… Continue reading

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November 21, 2024

The Word to the People – A Poem

To make it plain, ironed and pressedGround and brewed, poured and served. Prayed through, pained through, caught throughThe tide of mined eternity, the incarnation When the mine came in form of the minerAnd spoke in words of gold: prophet and poetSalesman and scholarWatchman and woe-workerSoldier and scribe. To disturb and pruneDress and bind the wounds. Halt the hard Continue reading

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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.

Preaching

Image in Poem and Preaching

The Kiln – March 7th, 2025

The Word to the People – A Poem