Tyler Staton

After his shocking advanced-stage cancer diagnosis, pastor and author Tyler Staton found himself cast into a wilderness of emotion. Amid the struggle he found strength in the familiar solaces of prayer, solitude, and Scripture, but also through an unexpected source: writing carefully crafted poetry as a practice of prayer, like the biblical psalmists. Even after Tyler went into remission, this practice awakened in him a new appreciation for how God uses beauty and the ordinary to draw us to himself.

After Amen refocuses our attention on the role of wonder in the Christian life, presenting 50 devotional entries that feature biblical reflection, heartfelt prayer, and original poetry from Tyler. Through focusing on Jesus's seven signs in the gospel of John, Tyler shows how all of life is an invitation to be formed into the image of Jesus. This exceptional book is a provocative and beautiful exploration of the way prayer reshapes us long after "amen."
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50 days of poetry & prayer 

After Amen 

Jenna-Lee Gordon

Every baby is born into the world looking for someone looking for them 

To see what the Father is doing and join in, as Jesus did, u must be both intentional and interruptible. 

The people we later recognise as prophets are also poets. They reframe what is at stake in chaotic times. — Walter Brueggemann

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