{"product_id":"holy-imaginations-curt-norman-9798277681107","title":"Holy Imaginations: Seven Stories in the White Space of Scripture","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween the words of Scripture lies a silence-an open, holy space where the story still breathes.\u003cbr\u003eWhat happened in that silence? What did they see, feel, or say when the page went quiet?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHoly Imaginations\u003c\/i\u003e, Episcopal priest The Rev. Curt Norman enters that \"white space\" between the verses, offering seven meditative stories shaped by the ancient practice of \u003ci\u003emidrash\u003c\/i\u003e-sacred imagination that listens where the text leaves room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these retellings, familiar figures step out of stained glass and into living color: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph, who trusted a mystery he couldn't explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn the Baptist, whose certainty crumbled into faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman in Capernaum, lifted from fever into freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalchus, healed by the one he came to arrest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Roman soldier, who saw blood and water flow from mercy itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon of Cyrene and his family, whose home became a house of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaul of Tarsus, whose blindness gave birth to sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Scripture and the wisdom of theologians like Pope Benedict XVI, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Wilda Gafney, Fleming Rutledge, and Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Norman invites readers to experience the Gospel not as history, but as \u003ci\u003eencounter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach story becomes a doorway into the mystery of grace-the place where God meets us not only in the certainties of Scripture, but in its questions, silences, and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for Lent or anytime your soul longs to see the Gospel again with new eyes, \u003ci\u003eHoly Imaginations\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey into the sacred space between ink and breath-where faith learns to listen, and imagination becomes devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Curt Norman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798277681107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Curt Norman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171372540159,"sku":"9798277681107","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/holy-imaginations-curt-norman-9798277681107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}