Audri Svay: "Between You and Me" and the Power of Words

DescriptionOrdained in the Church of the Brethren, Audri Svay served as a pastor for several years and currently works as the professional writing consultant for the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, IN where she teaches writing courses as an adjunct English professor. Svay has written for Messenger Magazine (2023), and Brethren Life and Thought (2024), and is the author of the poetry book Between You and Me, published through Brethren Press in June 2025. She has been featured as theopoet-in-residence at the Sing Me Home Festival (2023, 2024) and was recently awarded Manchester’s University’s “2024 Young Alumni of the Year.” Svay is currently working on her PhD in Literature and Criticism through Indiana University of Pennsylvania.BookBetween You and Me (Brethren Press, June 2025) — a debut collection described as “an intimate conversation about the distance between people,” blending personal storytelling with theopoetics to probe acceptance, assumptions, and identity. Order/info page at Brethren Press. brethrenpress.com Get full access to Harry Jarrett at pastorharryjarrett.substack.com/subscribe