In Beginning: Poems
By Joe Johnson
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In Beginning: Poems is something like modern Midrash—commentary and musings on the ancient text of Genesis. Beginning with the beginning, they flirt with and fear a Creator-God. They deliberate on the wondrous and absurd rise of humanity. They flee to and from a family story that is both the stuff of myth and as familiar as small-town America.
The book is split into four sections to focus on key events, people, and storylines that make Genesis one of the most profound and provocative books ever written. In Beginning considers (1) The First World, (2) Abraham, (3) Jacob, and (4) Legacy. It's all here: Light, Eden, Babel, and the story of family in communion with a sometimes hidden and hard God.
Joe Johnson
Joe brings a fresh and at times humorous look at the growth of Christian faith. Serious issues are met with a breath of levity and joy that help the reader engage in a conversation throughout the text. His style and voice leap from the page and bring life to a book about faith, struggles and doubt. The reader is left wanting more.
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