For a long time I’ve wanted to walk through the whole Bible slowly — one book at a time, one line at a time — and make something beautiful to hold along the way. Today that long walk is finished. Scripture in Poems & Pictures now covers all sixty-six books of the Bible, and every volume is available in the shop.

What these books are

Each book is a quiet, illustrated companion to one book of the Bible (a few of the shorter ones share a volume). Every page spread pairs a short original poem with a soft pastel illustration and a single line of Scripture. The pictures stay with ordinary things the story touches — a lamp, a loaf, a well, a road at dawn — and leave the faces to your imagination.

They aren’t commentaries, and they aren’t the Bible. They’re one reader’s response to it, meant to be read with an open Bible beside them, and to send you back to the real words with fresh eyes. Most poems take a minute or two to read, which makes them good for a morning cup of coffee, a bedtime prayer, or a quiet ten minutes before church.

• 44 volumes covering all 66 books of the Bible
• More than 1,600 original poems, each with its own full-color illustration
• Scripture from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation
• Square pages; instant PDF download to read on any device or print at home
• $5.99–$7.99 per volume, plus a bundle of all four Psalms volumes

Where to start

• For Christmas: Good News of Great Joy (Luke) opens with ten poems for the season — Mary’s yes, the shepherds, the manger, and Simeon holding the child. Arise, Shine (Isaiah) pairs well with it.
• For hard seasons: the Psalms bundle, New Every Morning (Lamentations), and Out of the Whirlwind (Job).
• If you’re new to the Bible: Come and See (John), or one of the short ones — Where You Go (Ruth) or Out of the Deep (Jonah) — which you can read in an evening.
• For prayer and contemplation: Many Waters, the Song of Songs read the way the desert fathers and Christian contemplatives read it.

The whole collection

Old Testament

• In the Beginning — Genesis
• Let My People Go — Exodus
• Fire by Night — Leviticus & Numbers
• Choose Life — Deuteronomy
• Be Strong and Courageous — Joshua & Judges
• Where You Go — Ruth
• The Lamp Had Not Gone Out — 1–2 Samuel
• A Still Small Voice — 1–2 Kings
• Our Eyes Are on You — 1–2 Chronicles
• Rise Up and Build — Ezra & Nehemiah
• For Such a Time as This — Esther
• Out of the Whirlwind — Job
• Planted by the Water — Psalms 1–41
• As the Deer — Psalms 42–72
• A Day in Your Courts — Psalms 73–106
• Everything That Has Breath — Psalms 107–150
• The Beginning of Wisdom — Proverbs
• Eternity in Their Hearts — Ecclesiastes
• Many Waters — Song of Songs
• Arise, Shine — Isaiah
• A Future and a Hope — Jeremiah
• New Every Morning — Lamentations
• Can These Bones Live? — Ezekiel
• Greatly Beloved — Daniel
• A Door of Hope — Hosea, Joel, Amos & Obadiah
• Out of the Deep — Jonah
• The Day of Small Things — Micah to Malachi

New Testament

• I Am With You Always — Matthew
• Peace, Be Still — Mark
• Good News of Great Joy — Luke
• Come and See — John
• To the Ends of the Earth — Acts
• Nothing Can Separate — Romans
• Treasure in Clay Jars — 1–2 Corinthians
• Rooted and Free — Galatians & Ephesians
• Joy in Chains — Philippians
• Held Together — Colossians & Philemon
• Children of the Day — 1–2 Thessalonians
• Grace, Mercy, and Peace — 1–2 Timothy & Titus
• Anchor of the Soul — Hebrews
• Doers of the Word — James
• A Living Hope — 1–2 Peter & Jude
• Little Children — 1–3 John
• All Things New — Revelation

How they were made

I want to be open about this. The poems were drafted with AI assistance, then read, revised, and approved by me, and the illustrations were created with AI image tools under my direction and chosen by me. Every line of Scripture was checked word for word against the World English Bible. The tools made it possible for one person to walk the whole Bible in pictures; the listening, choosing, and praying along the way were mine.

Other ways to enjoy them

Some of the artwork is also available as verse prints, mugs, and pillows in my Etsy shop. And I’m starting a series of slow, quiet read-along videos with gentle rain in the background on YouTube, beginning with the Song of Songs — free to watch, pray along with, or simply let play.

A prayer for the reader

Wherever you start — Genesis or Revelation, a psalm at midnight or a Gospel on Christmas morning — I pray these small pages slow you down long enough to hear the Word underneath them. The poems are not the Bible. Let the real words have the last word.