Redemptions Refrain
Five Cycles from Play to Steady Grace
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
In Redemptions Refrain, D. Brandt brings his trilogy to its culminating arc, where the soul rises from descent into a long, steady answering of grace. These five cycles trace the slow rebuilding that follows deliverance—how mercy, once received, becomes a rhythm; how joy, once glimpsed, becomes a practice; and how faith, once bruised, begins to sing again. Here the poems turn from collapse to resonance, from the inner ache to the outward echo of a life remade. Through crafted forms, patterned cadences, and the discipline of refrain, Brandt shows how renewal unfolds not in sudden triumph but in repeated returning—small fidelities, quiet recognitions, and the daily choosing of hope. Where Deliverance revealed mercy in weakness, Refrain explores what comes after: the struggle to live upheld, to carry grace into ordinary days, and to let joy recalibrate the heart. These poems do not promise ease; they witness how the soul learns to trust its footing again. Brandt offers readers a companion for the long obedience of restored life—a poetic witness to the God who not only delivers but sustains, shaping echoes of redemption into a refrain that continues long after the storm.
Endorsements (2)
“In Redemptions Refrain, Doug has brought a feeling of joy and lightheartedness that captures the spirit and dances in the glorious air of freedom. It is the perfect response to his previous books. This book will encourage the reader to live life in all its abundance, from savoring the smallest things like soup, to resting in the lavish love of God.”
“Douglas Brandt has woven a sometimes whimsical and sometimes deeply serious tapestry of poetry in five cycles. . . . The reward that Brandt offers as his gift to the careful reader is a rediscovery of the grace of God that permeates the days and years of God’s people—and Brandt’s poetry—the way a daylong rain saturates the soil. What a wonderful celebration this collection is of the everyday grace of the Lord that makes the hearts of his children both glad and steady!”
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