How Fifteen Mornings with the Prophet Began
I did not plan to write a collection of novellas about the prophets.
It began with a Sunday afternoon nap.
After waking, I found myself thinking through a simple idea: What if a young man were to interview the Prophet Daniel? I went downstairs and excitedly shared the thought with Kari and with our visiting Thai friend, Mook. The idea grew quickly — a retired Daniel, a young Babylonian scribe, a skeptical peer, fifteen structured morning interviews in Babylon.
Somewhere in that conversation, the number became fixed: fifteen mornings.
I rarely read biblical historical fiction. I tend to live in the worlds of Tolkien, Terry Brooks, and even Stephen King. Yet this is where my writing led me — not into fantasy, but into a quiet, historically grounded imagining of Daniel’s final testimony.
What began as one story unexpectedly became the doorway into what is now the Prophets in their Times collection.
My hope in writing Fifteen — and the novellas that followed — is simple: to offer readers an accessible, enjoyable, and faithful way to step into the world of the prophets and better hear what God is still saying through them.
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