A Measure of Breath
- Fiction
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
On a train journey to a church disciplinary meeting, a minister carries the weight of illness, memory, and the quiet ache of betrayal. A Measure of Breath is a contemplative novel that explores what it means to lead when one's own wounds remain unhealed--and when silence in sacred spaces has done deep harm. As the train moves forward, so does a reckoning. Through memory, lament, and moments of hard-won clarity, the minister confronts not only his past but the cost of survival itself. This is not a story of triumph but of witness. Of choosing to speak when it would be easier not to. Of breathing, even when breath is pain. A Measure of Breath invites readers to sit with uncomfortable truths: about faith, justice, leadership, and the stories our bodies carry long after words have failed. Whether you are a person of faith, a survivor, or someone who knows what it is to walk through fire and still serve others, this book is for you.
Endorsements (2)
“This book offers a cathartic breath of much needed oxygen for ecclesial communities burdened by wounds, memories, and betrayal and wrestling with grief, loss, resentment, despair, trauma, trust, hope, healing, faith, love, justice, and redemption. Readers will find their minds stretched, connecting across multiple stories, challenged, and enlarged by Robinson’s personal journey of faith and faithfulness. Delight in a gripping and must-read book, savoring the metaphors and unyielding faith amid breathlessness.”
“A Measure of Breath is a powerful, personal reflection on survival—the damage we carry, and the light that still burns. Honest and compassionate, it sounds the depths of injury and asks if there is anywhere to go from here.”
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