{"product_id":"a-slender-grace-poems-9780802827821","title":"A Slender Grace: Poems","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Slender Grace\u003c\/i\u003e is Rod Jellema's first collection of poetry since his highly praised \u003ci\u003eThe Eighth Day\u003c\/i\u003e appeared almost twenty years ago. In this volume, which consists of 67 poems, almost all of them new, Jellema confronts a culture that loves bigness with poems that notice what is slender -- the thin lines, the threads by which some things hang, the narrow crevices through which divine grace offers to reconcile humans to each other and to the Creator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese beautifully crafted pieces are not \"religious poems\" in the usual sense. As Jellema explains, \"These poems individually are not spiritual message-bearers. Still, it is inevitable that my belief in a beautiful world that is broken and divinely redeemed -- though I am not preaching about it -- should be evident throughout.\" And it is, as Jellema takes a second, deeper look at such things as green beans in all their glory, a lovesick lonely young man in a Laundromat, and his own sense of the world while snorkeling in the Red Sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rod Jellema\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802827821","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081424453769,"sku":"9780802827821","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f3beb6a5-34b9-4b4e-999b-538d7ddde598.jpg?v=1782239568","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-slender-grace-poems-9780802827821","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}