This collection of one hundred poems shares messages of praise for Christians while encouraging others to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ. The common thread that links these poems is that people can overcome past troubles to achieve a life of abundance as laid out by the Scriptures. This is a poetic expression of one man's Christian faith in God. As reviewed by New York Times best selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh Any Christian surveying the current state of modern poetry could easily become discouraged, given that much of that poetry can only be categorized as nihilistic. At worst, such poems seemingly promote despair and violence—against society, the church, or even against oneself. At best, they consist of self-centered whining and overdramatic emotionalism, completely devoid of spiritual muscle and ethical backbone. New author Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, in his fine debut collection Reaching Towards His Unbounded Glory, takes a fresh stride in the opposite direction, in a poetic compilation that should delight anyone who enjoys reading Christian literature as well as poetry. The book comprises over 100 poems of various lengths, although they generally do not exceed one page. In a slight concession to modern poetic style, some of the stanzas are unrhymed, yet all of them speak to Christian themes, such as faith and its testing, seeking a higher road, the state of grace, error and sin, biblical people and events, and personal redemption through God's word. A common thread that runs throughout the majority of the poems is that individuals— regardless of any mistakes they may have made in the past—can still turn to Christ as their savior and begin the slow, sometimes painful, but always positive process of redeeming themselves, in developing a new life filled with abundance and spiritual serenity. By reaching for this new and uplifting collection of Christian poems, readers can indeed begin reaching towards God's glory.
Joseph J. Breunig 3rd (1958- ) was born at Dow Air Force Base, in the great State of Maine. He was primarily educated in the Portland School System and received a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Southern Maine in 1980. As a result of his development work on a personal website for Bunganut Lake, he discovered a talent and love for writing Christian Poetry. Within five years of that revelation, he published his first book in November 2006 with assistance from Amazon.com's CreateSpace. Presently he has nine more manuscripts of poetry in various stages of completion, including a sequel to his title 'Reaching Towards His Unbounded Glory'. On various poetry and social networking sites, more than 80+ poems of his can be found on the Internet. (Please note: Only 25 poems from the book have been placed into the public domain.)
Autographed copies of the book may be obtained directly from this author. Feel free to communicate with him via Amazon.com (or any of the other websites where his writings can be found) for contact information.
