Thin Places by Arthur Thomas Lee

Today I welcome debut author Arthur Thomas Lee to the blog and he shares news about his new book, Thin Places. Welcome Arthur.

The Blurb

between the lines on any stranger’s face,

countless love stories needing to be told…

Between the lines on any stranger’s face, countless love stories needing to be told… There is, across the globe, an ever-growing disconnect. People everywhere are divided by borders and boundaries and walls—if not geographically, then certainly as they pertain to our convictions and the untamed country that is the human heart. Among so much dissonance, how attainable then is harmony? And where, at last, is it to be found?

In his debut collection of interconnected personal essays and poetry, Arthur Thomas Lee introduces us to myriads of individuals not unlike ourselves, people whose stories hold, between their lines, keys to greater compassion and understanding. To that end, Thin Places: Portraits, Prayers, and Liminal Grace takes us on a lyrical journey through which nature becomes our ever-present guide, difference gives way to deference, patchwork paths find purpose, the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and each stranger—fighting for light in the thick of understory—transforms into familiar lifelong companion. It is, at once, a heart-felt prayer, a bold beck and call for love in the face of deep division, and for greater measures of grace along the way—all while passing our time, our limited time, on this our liminal planet.

The Author

Arthur Thomas Lee came into the world near the end of 1979. He closed the decade out, he likes to say, like a tiny sprig of cilantro atop an already-well-seasoned chili. Washington-born and -raised, he currently resides in Idaho, surrounded by nature. He has a degree in English from BYU-Idaho. He is a full-time dad.

He has, over the years, been lucky in writing and business but even luckier in love. With the benefit of hindsight, he says, we are all able to look back and recognize moments when our lives changed for the better. That was true for him each time one of his four sons came into the world. He thought he could not get any luckier. Then he did.

After a period of heartache and hardship, he met Renee. She was not in his life, he says, and then, one day, suddenly, she was. That, too, became true for her three kids. Arthur and Renee married in 2024, finding purpose in the paths preceding their union, and a set of hands to hold along the path that lies ahead. And that is really all that matters. Onward!