The whole Gospel of John, one chapter at a time.
In His Story is a Catholic reading companion for all 21 chapters of John, made for the days it's hard to keep up. The presale opens Tuesday, October 27, and everyone on our list gets in a day early.
If you've read John 1 with us, you know how this goes.
You gave one chapter about twenty minutes, and maybe you found more in it than you remembered from Christmas Mass. The rest of the guide does the same thing with the twenty chapters that follow.
In John 2, a wedding at Cana runs out of wine and His mother tells Him so. Nicodemus comes by night with his questions in chapter 3, and in chapter 4 a Samaritan woman meets Jesus at a well and leaves her water jar behind. Later come the five barley loaves, Lazarus called out of the tomb, the night Jesus washes His disciples' feet, and His mother standing by the cross. The last chapter has breakfast on a beach.
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What a chapter looks like
Every chapter opens with a short prayer. The Story So Far sets the scene so you don't have to re-read what came before, and Today's POV brings the chapter into the life you're actually living. A Closer Look slows down on the details in John that are easy to miss (he loves a good foreshadow). Then What's Actually Happening Here takes you through the chapter scene by scene.
As you read, Catholic Lens notes show where a verse connects to the sacraments and the teaching of the Church, and In Your Life notes ask honest questions that have no right or wrong answers. Each chapter ends with room to write: a Reflection prompt, a Verse Catch for the line that stopped you mid-sentence, and one Come and See practice for the week ahead.
When you can get it
The presale opens on Tuesday, October 27 for everyone on our email list, and on Wednesday, October 28 for everyone else. If you already have the free first chapter, you're on the list and the email will reach you that morning.
The digital edition is $15 and arrives in your inbox right after checkout. The print edition is $58 and includes the digital edition, so you can start reading the same day. The first 100 print copies are set aside for Founding Readers at $49, and those ship by Wednesday, November 25. Shipping is a flat $7.95 in the US.
Being on the list doesn't reserve a copy, but it does get you in a day before everyone else. Founding Reader pricing ends when the 100 copies are gone or on Tuesday, November 10, whichever comes first.
Haven't read John 1 yet? Chapter 1 is free, and it's the easiest way to find out whether this is for you. Send me Chapter 1.