Where Are You, God? Illustrated Bible Stories for Children Facing Illness, Fear and Loss is a quiet companion for younger readers. Written by Michael with Lynn, the book gathers stories from Scripture and tells them in language a child can hold — the small, simple language that families use across the dining-room table, in the car, at bedtime.
The stories were chosen for a particular kind of season: when a parent is ill, when a household is afraid, when a child has begun to ask the questions adults are still trying to answer. Each one is told with restraint — no easy resolutions, no hurry through the hard parts — and accompanied by gentle illustrations meant to be looked at slowly, together.
It is, in the end, a book about company. About being with God, with each other, and with the stories the church has carried through every kind of darkness — including this one.
Published in July 2026, the printed edition is a book made to be held in a child’s hands and kept on a child’s shelf. The kind of book a parent reads aloud at bedtime, a godparent might give a child walking through a hard season, a grandparent might leave on a bedside table in hospital, a child opens again years later and remembers being read to. An illustrated online version is also freely available to read together — for any family who needs the stories now.