“Poetic, powerful, and profoundly human. In a divided world, Arthur Thomas Lee’s collection stands as a fearless call for connection, unity, and love.” – Sam Demma, Author of Empty Your Backpack
The Celts called them “thin places.” It was their way of saying that heaven, in a particular moment or at a certain location, was close, that the veil between time and eternity was shrinking or had shrunk already. Or maybe it was never there to begin with. And what of those “thin faces,” those deeply etched guises fighting for light in the thick of understory, from whose eyes grace springs and from whose lips prayers rise like clarion calls for deeper connection, understanding, and love? So too, so too. So many scars. So many stories to tell. So many strangers yet to take in.
With these striking sentiments, Arthur Thomas Lee takes us on an emotional journey through which the ordinary becomes extraordinary, difference gives way to deference, our patchwork paths find purpose, and each stranger—due our grace and love—transforms into life-long friend.
Consisting of seventy short essays, Thin Places: Portraits, Prayers, and Liminal Grace introduces us to scores of strangers not unlike ourselves, as well as to countless situations not unlike those we have personally experienced. It is, at once, a heart-felt prayer, a bold beck and call for love in the face of deep division, for greater measures of grace and devotion—all while passing our time, our limited time, on this our liminal planet.
Coming Soon / Publisher: Cedar Fort / Release Date: April 1, 2026
SO MANY SCARS. SO MANY STORIES TO TELL. SO MANY STRANGERS YET TO TAKE IN…
