Have you ever been given everything you thought you wanted, but known deep down that something essential was still missing? Have you ever felt overlooked as you moved through your daily life, and wondered whether faith in God could help you find and share meaning as you experience it? Have you struggled with betrayal, with feeling controlled or silenced, or with finding your voice in a world that seems designed to drown it out?
SEED TO A FLAME: From the Seed of Faith to a Rising Flame of Divine Love explores these deeply human questions, with author Abe Kosh drawing on poetry, story, and scripture to give full expression to the peace of a life lived in relationship with Christ. Each section examines a powerful human emotion through a layered combination of poem, narrative, and biblical verse—showing how our most difficult struggles (longing, shame, illness, insignificance, and pain) might be met and healed through faith.
The writing moves fluidly between themes. At times, it's light and lyrical: "Between the roses, bluebirds fluttered playfully, darting through the light as if joy were their only language." At others, it becomes more contemplative: "At seventy-two, Henry had learned to love such places — edges, thresholds, the meeting of one thing with another: sea and stone, day and night, memory and hope." At times, the prose can be flowery, but the messages beneath it are profound. Whether the subject is betrayal, bullying, recovery from illness, or the courage it takes to break silence and speak a difficult truth, there is something here for every spiritual reader.
In some ways, the accessible style is deceptive, as the text carries a far deeper message than expected. Claire, for example, once bullied by her ex-husband, finds within herself both the strength to face him and the resolve to share her perspective. She moves through trauma and into her faith (and therefore her strength). Similarly, a woman who had been given everything she thought she wanted (save for any real sense of meaning) discovers that spiritual healing is where her answer lies.
Because the book illuminates meaning from multiple perspectives without spelling it out, readers are invited to interpret it through the lens of their own experiences—wherever they find themselves on their journeys, and however the text speaks to them in that moment. Layers of significance emerge organically from each section, which is perhaps SEED TO A FLAME's greatest gift.
Abe Kosh's SEED TO A FLAME: From the Seed of Faith to a Rising Flame of Divine Love is a moving and layered collection that will resonate with readers seeking comfort, courage, or simply a reminder that they are not alone in their struggles.
~ Nicci Attfield for IndieReader