Hesed Words
Published works available to read online or download — biblical theology, canonical study, and devotional writing for the road.
A Reading of Psalm 85:10–13
Mercy and truth meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Not a negotiated tension between the attributes of God, but their simultaneous satisfaction — and the glory of it. A close reading of Psalm 85, with Langland's Piers Plowman standing nearby.
Read online → Download PDF →Reflections on the Psalms of Ascent
A travel journal walked in the company of the God who made heaven and earth. Fifteen psalms, one pilgrim road, and the love that meets you on the way up.
Read online → Download PDF →The Unwritten Last Chapter
A literary-theological reading that confronts the profound unfairness of Job's suffering. Unaware of the heavenly council and denied a rational explanation, Job is left in the dark — until an unwritten final chapter returns us to the divine courtroom, transforming cosmic silence into an ultimate, explanatory encounter.
Read online → Download PDF →The Story of Job
A narrative retelling of the book of Job for curious minds — and the secret kept in one verse at the end. Written for teenagers.
Read online → Download PDF →A Meditation on Simon of Cyrene and the Cross
A narrative meditation that enters the story of Simon of Cyrene — the man compelled to carry the cross. What did he see? What did it cost him? And what did that day make of him?
Read online → Download PDF →A devotional book for people in prison, drawn from Job
Written for the men and women who know what it means when the phone stops ringing and the visits stop coming. Eleven short chapters following Job through betrayal, desertion, the long night, and anger — toward a cry that is heard, and a friend who does not leave. Published through The Onesimus Foundation.
Read online → Download PDF →Micah 6:8 — Canon, Christ, and the Charter of the Church
A sustained canonical exploration of Micah 6:8 across three movements: the prior testimony of the whole canon, the Christological embodiment of its three terms, and the ecclesial charter it gives the church. This. Only this. Always this.
Read online → Download PDF →A story from Psalm 19
A girl, a long week at home, and a verse caught by accident. Jess wasn't looking for Psalm 19. But somewhere between the medicine tablets, her gran's folded hands, and a phone bright in the dark, six old lines found her — and turned her around. A story for younger readers, and for anyone who has read past a truth without knowing it was being offered.
Read online → Download PDF →The same story, with drawings — for a younger reader to hold
The same story of Jess and Psalm 19, hand-lettered and illustrated — warm paper, soft line drawings, and the light always doing something. Made to be read aloud, or held quietly.
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