The Bible, encountered
word by word.
Rich retellings of biblical people and passages in free verse — deeply researched, beautifully written, and slow enough to let each word land. The story stays; only the hurry is gone.
As It Is
in Heaven
The Secret to More Effective Prayer
When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he began, "Our Father in heaven … your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." But how can you pray heaven onto earth if you don't know what heaven looks like? Catch a glimpse in these short free verse poems — an overview of Revelation 1–3, then a word-by-word look at chapters 4 and 5, on the beauty and majesty of the throne room of God. Throw off hopelessness and weariness. Gain hope, expectation, new strength, and joy.
Righting of Wrongs
The Story of Esther and Mordecai
A retelling in verse of the book of Esther — "for such a time as this." More than a court romance, this is a story of reversing the impossible, of God working in the midst of palace politics and overwhelming odds.
Fourteen Greats
The Story of Jonah
Sometimes God calls Jonah to Nineveh — a place he didn't want to go, with a message he didn't want to deliver, for an outcome he didn't want to happen. But the story, in the end, is less about Jonah and more about God. Come read it with new eyes.
The Freed Man Returns to the House of His Bondage
The Kingdom's Way of Rebuilding a Broken Relationship
A verse commentary on the one-chapter book of Philemon — short, rich, good. Onesimus escaped slavery, met the risen Lord through Paul, and returned carrying a letter. No easy way around; only the difficult way through.
