Volume II · The forward volume
Letters to Future Me
A NO PARADE JOURNAL
- Cover
- Hardcover casewrap, matte
- Size
- A5, 5.83 by 8.27 in
- Pages
- 172
- Paper
- Uncoated white
Details
| Size | A5, 5.83 by 8.27 in (14.8 by 21 cm) |
| Binding | Hardcover casewrap, matte cover |
| Pages | 56, 100 or 172, by edition |
| Paper | Uncoated white, so ink can dry into the page |
| Type | Cormorant Garamond and IBM Plex Mono |
| Scripture | King James Version |
| Language | English |
| Printing | On demand, per order, by a print partner |
Features
- 56, 100 or 172 pages by edition, hardcover casewrap, A5
- 48 commands of Jesus in the King James words, one each week
- Four stations a moon: New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter
- Four midpoints a moon (the crescent and gibbous phases): a dated page that asks what changed
- A command and a prompt on the left, a ruled page on the right
- A Full Moon reflection, an opening Psalm and a closing letter each moon
- Your name on the belongs-to page
- Every date calculated for your start day and time zone
Delivery
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How it’s made
How each copy comes together.
Nothing sits on a shelf waiting for you. Here is what happens between your order and your door.
A5 hardcover, casewrap, matte — bound to order, never kept in stock.
Your name is set on the belongs-to page before a single copy is printed.
Forty-eight commands of Jesus, compiled from the Gospels in the King James words, one to a station.
Every date is calculated from the real phases of the moon — New, First Quarter, Full, Last Quarter — for your start day and time zone.
Uncoated white paper, chosen so the ink dries into the page instead of sitting on top of it.
Write to the person you are becoming, and read it back in a year.
Dated to the moon
Four stations a moon (New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, Last Quarter) and four midpoints between them that ask what changed. Every date is calculated for your start day and your time zone.
Forty-eight commands
One command of Jesus each week, in the King James words. Twelve moons carry all 48, each one once.
Room to answer
A prompt on the left, a ruled page on the right, and a Full Moon page to look back on the weeks behind you.
Made for you
Nothing sits on a shelf. Your copy is generated with your name and your dates, then printed and sent.
Inside the book
The rhythm of a year.
Every station follows the same shape: a command, a page, and at the Full Moon, a chance to look back.
Station one of forty-eight
One command a week, plainly put.
Each station opens with a single command of Jesus, printed in the King James words, beside one prompt. No commentary, nothing to interpret — just the word, and room enough to answer it in your own hand.
Station 1 · Repent · Matthew 4:17Write to the you who will read this a year from now. Name the direction you are turning from today, and describe the person who has kept walking the other way. Tell them what the first week felt like, so they remember it was hard and it was worth it.
STATION 1 · ONE DEEP PROMPT · A REAL SPREAD
For a daily habit
Or seven lines, one for each day.
Some weeks want a single sitting. Others want a smaller door you can walk through daily. Seven short lines, dated in the margin, carry the same command through the week instead of asking for it all at once.
- What am I turning from, as of today?
- What will I be glad, later, to have changed now?
- Date this turn. Describe it in one line.
- What would the next me thank me for stopping?
- What is the smallest proof that I turned today?
- Write the sentence I want to find here in a year.
- Dear Future Me, I turned from...
STATION 1 · SEVEN DAILY LINES · A REAL SPREAD
Every twelfth page
A page to look back on.
At the Full Moon the page turns inward: an opening Psalm, a closing letter, and room to reflect on the moon just past — what four weeks of one command actually did.
THE FULL MOON REFLECTION · A REAL SPREAD
Between the stations
Four midpoints ask what changed.
Halfway between each pair of stations, a dated panel returns to the same question: what has changed since. Not a new command — a record, so a year of writing reads back as change, not only a list of answers.
THE REVIEW SPREAD · FOUR MIDPOINTS · A REAL SPREAD
The full list
Every command, in order.
One command a week, 48 in all, listed below in order. A 3-moon book carries the first 12 weeks, a 6-moon book the first 24, and the 12-moon book the complete set.
See all 48 commands
| Moon | New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RepentMatthew 4:17 | Follow MeMatthew 4:19 | RejoiceMatthew 5:12 | Let Your Light ShineMatthew 5:16 |
| 2 | Honor God’s LawMatthew 5:17-19 | Be ReconciledMatthew 5:24-25 | Do Not LustMatthew 5:28-30 | Keep Your WordMatthew 5:37 |
| 3 | Go the Second MileMatthew 5:38-42 | Love Your EnemiesMatthew 5:44 | Be PerfectMatthew 5:48 | Practice Secret DisciplinesMatthew 6:3-4, 6, 17-18 |
| 4 | Lay Up Treasures in HeavenMatthew 6:19-21 | Seek God’s KingdomMatthew 6:33 | Judge NotMatthew 7:1-2 | Do Not Throw Pearls to PigsMatthew 7:6 |
| 5 | Ask, Seek, KnockMatthew 7:7-8 | Do Unto OthersMatthew 7:12 | Choose the Narrow WayMatthew 7:13-14 | Beware of False ProphetsMatthew 7:15 |
| 6 | Pray for LaborersMatthew 9:38 | Be Wise as SerpentsMatthew 10:16 | Fear NotMatthew 10:28 | Hear God’s VoiceMatthew 11:15 |
| 7 | Take My YokeMatthew 11:29 | Honor Your ParentsMatthew 15:4 | Beware of LeavenMatthew 16:6 | Deny YourselfMatthew 16:24 |
| 8 | Do Not Despise Little OnesMatthew 18:10 | Go to OffendersMatthew 18:15 | Beware of CovetousnessLuke 12:15 | Forgive OffendersMatthew 18:21-22 |
| 9 | Honor MarriageMatthew 19:6 | Be a ServantMatthew 20:26-27 | Be a House of PrayerMatthew 21:13 | Ask in FaithMatthew 21:21-22 |
| 10 | Bring in the PoorLuke 14:12-14 | Render to CaesarMatthew 22:19-21 | Love the LordMatthew 22:37 | Love Your NeighborMatthew 22:39 |
| 11 | Await My ReturnMatthew 24:42-44 | Celebrate the Lord’s SupperMatthew 26:26-27 | Watch and PrayMatthew 26:41 | Feed My SheepJohn 21:15-16 |
| 12 | Baptize My DisciplesMatthew 28:19 | Teach Them to Obey My CommandsMatthew 28:20 | Receive God’s PowerLuke 24:49 | Make DisciplesMatthew 28:19-20 |
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