ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr. Jackie Roese is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcast host who has spent decades helping women encounter Scripture with fresh eyes and honest hearts. She brings theological depth and pastoral warmth to every page.
Shawn Small is an award-winning author and filmmaker whose work spans travel memoirs, spiritual guides, and documentary film. As the creator of Into the Wonder and the acclaimed short film Ru: Water is Life, Shawn writes at the intersection of story, faith, and the beauty of broken places. ShawnSmallStories.com
Together, they've created something rare: a book that reads like literature and prays like a psalm.
Between the Lines
Meeting God Through Her Story
By Dr. Jackie Roese & Shawn Small
There are stories within the stories. Whispers between the words that Scripture leaves unsaid. Between the Lines invites you into the space where holy imagination meets ancient truth, and the women of the Bible finally step out of the margins.
| Coming Fall 2026
THE BOOK
She Was Always There. You Just Weren't Told Her Story.
Sarah laughed. Hagar ran. Mary said yes before she understood what it would cost. Their names appear in Scripture, but their inner lives, their doubts, their courage, their conversations with God, often live in the silence between verses.
Between the Lines is a collection of vivid meditations that draw you into the untold spaces of these women's stories. Part storytelling, part devotion, part sacred imagination, each chapter invites you to listen for the voice of God in the places you've overlooked, in Scripture and in your own life.
These are not retellings. They are encounters.
WHAT READERS WILL FIND
Immersive narrative meditations rooted in biblical text
Original art created for each story
A fresh lens on familiar women: Sarah, Hagar, Mary, and many others
An invitation to see yourself in their stories
Space for reflection, prayer, and holy imagination
The Space Between What Has Been Written and What Is Still Being Lived
That's where God meets us. Between the lines.
Available Fall 2026 wherever books are sold.
"Between the Lines is an invitation to trust that God still speaks, still calls, and still moves in the space between earth and glory."
"Between the Lines is an invitation to trust that God still speaks, still calls, and still moves in the space between earth and glory."