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The Symbolic Bible: Seeing God’s Message in Metaphor invites readers to explore the rich, evocative language of Scripture’s most enduring symbols — from light and salt to the lamb, lion, rock, cross, and more. Each chapter unpacks a key biblical image, offering thoughtful teaching, meditations, personal reflections, poems, questions for deeper engagement, and prayers. Designed for both individual reflection and small group study, this book helps readers discover how God communicates profound truth through images that speak to the mind, heart, and imagination. Whether you are a ...

Just a Fool for Christ is a gentle, story-driven exploration of joy, presence, and holy foolishness, told through the unexpected lens of clown ministry. Drawing on decades of experience as a priest, chaplain, hospice caregiver, prison volunteer, and clown—known affectionately as Pockets—Geoffrey Schmitt reflects on how laughter lowers defenses, silence creates space for grace, and vulnerability opens doors that authority cannot. From churches and hospitals to prisons and nursing homes, he discovers that the most faithful ministry often happens when performance is laid aside and presence...

In an age of constant noise, glowing screens, and fleeting attention, The Word in Your Hands invites readers to rediscover the sacred quiet of opening a real Bible. Inspired by a conference presentation from Charlie Kirk and expanded through Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt’s decades of pastoral experience, this study explores why a physical Bible still matters — not out of nostalgia, but because the printed Word engages the whole person: mind, heart, and even touch. Across ten reflective chapters, Geoffrey (writing as Willingheart) shows how the Bible becomes a lifelong friend, a growing ...

The God Who Waits: Divine Patience with Our Wandering and Growth explores a truth many believers struggle to trust: God is not in a hurry. Drawing from Scripture, pastoral ministry, prison ministry, grief, discernment, and decades of lived faith, Geoffrey Schmitt reflects on how God waits with us — not out of indifference, but out of love. This book addresses the places where waiting feels hardest: weakness, wandering, delay, learning, silence, refinement, aging, grief, and calling. Rather than offering techniques for waiting better, The God Who Waits invites readers to see God more ...

Many people long to hear God clearly — especially when decisions matter most. Yet much of real life is lived without certainty, in seasons where clarity does not come and faith feels incomplete. Discernment Without Certainty invites readers into a wiser, humbler way of listening. Drawing on Scripture, pastoral experience, marriage, leadership, prison ministry, and personal loss, Geoffrey Schmitt explores discernment not as a method for securing answers, but as a lifelong practice of attentiveness, patience, and trust. Through themes such as consolation and desolation, false peace and true...

Love Under Pressure: Faithful Living When Love Is Tested explores what it means to remain faithful when love is strained by suffering, loss, disappointment, fear, doubt, anger, silence, fatigue, and time. Drawing on Scripture, ministry experience, marriage, caregiving, aging, and seasons of unseen labor, Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) reflects on love not as sentiment or success, but as endurance shaped by grace. This book does not offer quick solutions or spiritual shortcuts. Instead, it invites readers to discern when to stay, when to rest, when to speak, and when to let go—without ...

The Long Obedience: Daily Faithfulness and Spiritual Discipline invites readers into the quiet strength of a life rooted in steady devotion. Inspired by Eugene Peterson’s famous phrase, this volume explores what it means to walk with Christ one faithful step at a time — through prayer, Scripture, service, gratitude, simplicity, perseverance, and joy. Drawing from decades of ministry and reflection, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt writes as a fellow traveler who has learned that faith is not a sprint but a pilgrimage. Through heartfelt teaching, personal stories, poems, and prayers, he guides ...

Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt opens the door to the world behind the words of Scripture—bringing fresh understanding to familiar passages by exploring the cultural details that made Jesus’ teachings so vivid to His first listeners. Each chapter focuses on a single phrase, image, or action rooted in the daily life of the ancient world and draws out the spiritual depth we sometimes miss in modern readings. With warmth, clarity, and pastoral insight, Dr. Schmitt weaves together biblical teaching, personal reflection, poetry, and questions for study or discussion. Whether you’re reading alone...

What does it mean to live faithfully in a culture that no longer naturally supports Christian belief? In Citizens of Heaven, Neighbors on Earth, Geoffrey Schmitt explores the enduring challenge of being in the world without being shaped by it. Rather than offering slogans or culture-war strategies, this book invites readers into a deeper way of living—one formed by discernment, patience, and embodied love. Drawing on Scripture, pastoral experience, and decades of ministry—including extensive work in prison settings—Schmitt examines how culture quietly forms us through stories, rhythms...

Prayer is often treated as a technique, a transaction, or a last resort. In The Power of Prayer: How God Works Across Time, Distance, and the Human Heart, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers into a deeper, truer understanding: prayer as relationship, presence, and formation. Drawing on Scripture (KJV), decades of pastoral ministry, prison outreach, prayer groups, and lived experience, this study explores how prayer operates beyond ordinary limits—across time and distance, through suffering and silence, within community notes and personal longing. Each chapter unfolds prayer not as something ...

Ecclesiastes: Meaning in a Meaningless World is a journey through one of the Bible’s most enigmatic and powerful books. With poetic reflections, personal stories, and pastoral insight, Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt helps readers wrestle with life’s hardest questions: Is there purpose in my pain? Why does injustice persist? What’s the point of wisdom or work? How do we live in a world that often feels upside down? Drawing from decades of ministry and personal grief, the author guides readers toward a faith that isn’t afraid of doubt—but finds God in the middle of it. Whether you’re new to...

Bible is filled with powerful truths — but it’s also full of puzzling, strange, and even troubling moments. Why was Cain’s sacrifice rejected? Who were the “sons of God” in Genesis 6? Why did God almost kill Moses right after calling him? And what is the “unforgivable sin” Jesus spoke about? In Bible’s Most Puzzling Moments: Strange and Troublesome Stories in Scripture, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt takes readers on a guided tour through 21 of the Bible’s most curious events. Each chapter offers: The biblical passage in focus. A plain-language retelling of the story. ...

The Promises of God invites readers on a rich and deeply personal exploration of the promises God offers in Scripture—promises that touch every area of life. From His promise to forgive and guide, to His provision, peace, and presence, this study takes a thoughtful and pastoral look at how God meets us in joy, sorrow, weakness, confusion, and hope. Bonus chapters add even more depth, exploring His promises of comfort in sorrow, joy amid trials, rest for the weary, faithfulness when we fail, and victory over evil. With Scripture, teaching, meditation, personal reflection, poetry, ...

Waiting on the Lord: Lessons in God’s Perfect Timing invites readers to discover the hidden strength, hope, and peace that can only be found in life’s seasons of delay. From Abraham’s long wait for a son, to Joseph’s years in prison, to David’s hidden years before the crown, to Simeon and Anna’s lifelong expectation of the Messiah, Scripture is rich with stories of waiting. Through biblical teaching, personal stories from ministry and family life, poetry, prayer, and creative sidebars, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt (“Willingheart”) shows that waiting is never wasted. Instead, ...

Many men live faithfully yet quietly—carrying responsibility, enduring loss, and showing up day after day without much language for what they hold inside. The Long Way Forward is written for those men. This book is not about reclaiming masculinity or winning cultural arguments. It is about formation—how faith is shaped over time through presence, restraint, honesty, and love lived quietly. Drawing on Scripture, pastoral ministry, prison ministry, and lived experience, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to walk a different road: one marked by endurance rather than speed, faithfulness ...

Seeing with the Heart: Biblical Faith and Human Awareness invites readers to rediscover faith not merely as belief or behavior, but as a way of seeing. Drawing from Scripture, pastoral experience, and lived prayer, Geoffrey Schmitt explores how the Bible consistently addresses human awareness—how we perceive God, ourselves, others, and the world. From creation’s first light to resurrection recognition, this book traces how awareness is given, distorted, healed, and renewed. It examines fear, anxiety, distraction, suffering, and trauma as forces that shape perception, and shows how Jesus...

The Grace That Calls, The Will That Answers explores one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith: how God’s sovereign call meets the freedom of the human heart. Through Scripture, Church history, theology, and deeply personal stories, this book traces the divine pattern that runs through every believer’s life — God initiates, and we respond.h From the Garden of Eden to the prophets, from Jesus and Paul to the early Church and the Reformation, the Bible holds grace and human freedom together in a beautiful tension. This study shows how that tension is not a problem to solve ...

The Kingdom of Glory: Living for the Eternal King completes the Kingdom on Earth series by exploring the radiant theme of divine glory from Genesis to Revelation — from the first dawn of creation to the everlasting light of heaven. Through Scripture, teaching, reflection, and prayer, this study shows how God’s glory shines in Christ, lives through the Spirit, unites the Church, inspires worship, and transforms daily life. Stories from the author’s pastoral journey — including moving accounts of faith, loss, service, and renewal — make this book both personal and practical. ...

Taming the Tongue, Speaking the Truth is a powerful and practical guide to using your words for good. Drawing from Scripture, real-life stories, and years of pastoral experience, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers into a thoughtful exploration of how we speak—and how the Holy Spirit can transform our speech. This 19-chapter study covers everything from gossip and gratitude to confession, confrontation, and legacy. Each chapter includes biblical teaching, a short meditation, personal reflection, a poem, discussion questions, and a closing prayer—making it ideal for personal ...

Waiting on the Lord is a gentle, powerful Bible study exploring how God shapes us through the slow, quiet seasons of life. Walking with Abraham, Sarah, Joseph, David, Simeon, Anna, Jesus, the disciples, and Paul, readers discover that waiting is not wasted time—it is God’s workshop. Through Scripture, reflection, stories from Kairos ministry, and practical spiritual practices, this study helps believers trust God’s perfect timing, listen for His presence, and grow deeper in hope. A study for anyone in a season of uncertainty, silence, or longing.