Suffering does not ask permission. It arrives, settles in, and speaks a language most of us never quite learn to understand.
Christ’s Wounds: The Empty Tomb’s Receipt was written from inside that tension. These poems move through what it means to live with pain, to question honestly, and to keep turning toward God when clarity feels out of reach.
Drew Randolph does not rush to soften the weight of suffering. He names it. He stays with it. And then, slowly, he traces where Christ meets us within it – not outside the fire, but in it. The movement of the book follows that reality: the ache we carry, the breaking that exposes it, the quiet cry that follows, and the turning point where God draws near in ways we didn’t expect.
This is not a collection built on polished answers or distant theology. It is grounded in lived experience – Illness, loss, endurance, and the steady realization that God’s presence does not depend on our strength. The writing reflects a faith that has been tested, stretched, and, in many ways, rebuilt.
At its center is a simple but costly truth: Christ’s wounds are not symbols of defeat, but evidence. They are the receipt that something has been paid in full.
If you are carrying something heavy, if your faith feels strained, or if you’re learning how to stay when walking away would be easier – these pages were written with you in mind.
