Teens Draw Near to God utilizes creative arts and life lessons to Deepen Your Relationship with God. Have you ever been inspired by a poem, a song, a painting that brought you to tears, your knees, or even back to the arms of God? Well, I have, and I love to use art as motivation to do good and to love God more If you long to deepen your relationship with others, yourself, and God, then listen to this podcast weekly to get a double dose of poetry inspiration plus the Word of God. Subscribe to…
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Passion vs Endurance | Teens Draw Near to God Poetry Podcast Host Shirah Chante welcomes teens, parents, and those who work with teens, then reads her original poem “Fair Love” from her book Jaundice View: Desire, Love, Hate, Religion and begins a line-by-line discussion starting at the third stanza. She explains “True Son” as a reference to Jesus Christ, describing His sinless sacrifice and…
Boundaries in Love: Discernment, Flattery, and Drawing Near to God Host Shirah Chante welcomes teens, parents, and youth leaders to Teens Draw Near to God and explains the show’s purpose of helping teenagers know God through the Bible. Continuing her poem “Fair Love” from her poetry book Jaundiced View , she focuses on the lines about “sweetness of sound,” warning that flattering words can be…
Host Shirah Chante reintroduces the Teens Draw Near to God poetry podcast, created to encourage teenagers (ages 13–19) and the adults who support them to form identity by getting closer to God. She shares her own experience as a high-achieving student who faced an identity crisis in her early twenties, and explains that drawing near to God helped her discover who she is. In this episode, “Fair…
In All Is Vanity Part 4: Good Girl , Shirah Chante shares the final installment of her deeply personal poem and song reflecting on family, faith, regret, obedience, and healing. This episode centers on her grandmother, Madea, a strong Missionary Baptist woman who helped hold the family together and modeled reverence for God through discipline, church attendance, and unwavering faith. Through…
In Part 3 of All Is Vanity , Shirah Chante explores love, marriage, divorce, interracial relationships, and generational legacy through the story of her great‑grandmother Julie a Cherokee woman who chose love despite family opposition. On the other hand, she explored an interracial relationship whose love did not last due to family inheritance. Grounded in Ecclesiastes and the teachings of Jesus…
In this heartfelt and deeply personal episode of Teens Draw Near to God , Shirah Chante shares memories of her father’s advice — from “Don’t call me Charles” to “Marry a good black man” — and connects those lessons to biblical wisdom from Ecclesiastes and Genesis. Through poetry, personal testimony, and scripture, she explores: The power of fatherly influence The spiritual law of reaping and…
All Is Vanity (Ecclesiastes-Inspired) | Draw Near to God + Poem Breakdown Shirah Chante hosts the Teens Draw Near to God Poetry Podcast for teenagers, parents of teens, and anyone who wants to see teens reach their God-given destiny. Using James 4:8, she urges listeners to draw near to God with effort, describing faith as action and emphasizing that God rewards those who diligently seek Him. She…
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Drawing Near to God: The Importance of Relationships and Spiritual Devotion In this episode, Shirah Chante, a relationship coach called by God, delves into the significance of drawing closer to God and how it impacts our relationships. She reads an original poem from her unreleased book Spiritual Release titled 'Characters,' and explores its meaning. Shirah Chante discusses the different stages of…
Discovering Divinity: Shirah Chante's Journey and Poem Reflection Join Shirah Chante', the host of Teens Draw Near to God poetry podcast, as she shares her journey of faith, including how she was inspired to start this podcast to help teenagers draw closer to God. Shirah Chante reflects on an original poem, 'Divinity,' and recounts her experiences in Divinity school, her calling, and the powerful…