Description

The letters of John were written by an old man to people he calls his little children. They begin with hands that touched the Word of life and a lamp with no darkness in it, and they keep circling back to the same few things: walk in the light, love one another, remain. Along the way: a basin of water for confession, a door shut against a neighbor in need, a love that casts out fear, a short note to a chosen lady, and a letter to Gaius about opening the gate for strangers.

This book walks through them in thirty-six short poems, in five parts: four for First John and one for the two short letters that follow it. Each poem sits beside a picture and under a single line of Scripture. The pictures stay with the things the letters touch—a clay lamp, a loaf on a threshold, an ink pot set aside for the road—and leave the faces to your imagination.

What’s inside

• 36 original poems by Timothy Holt, in five parts
• 36 full-color, full-page illustrations in soft pastel
• A line of Scripture with every poem (World English Bible)
• 90 pages, 8.5 × 8.5 in square format

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