Ordering and personalizing
Is every copy really different?
Yes. Your name is printed on the belongs-to page, and every station is dated to the real phases of the moon, counted from your start date in your time zone. Two people who order on different days hold different books.
How do I choose a start date?
Pick the day you would like to begin. Your first station is the next New Moon on or after that date, and the rest follow the moon. We suggest a date two weeks out, so the book reaches you before the first station arrives.
What if I start late, or fall behind?
There is no wrong pace. Skip a station, write in the margins, come back at the next New Moon. Some weeks you will fill a page and some weeks a line.
Can I order one for someone else?
Yes. Type their name, choose a date on or after they will receive it, and the book is theirs. A cart can hold several books, each with its own name and dates. Each checkout ships to one address, so books going to different homes need separate orders.
Can I change an order after I pay?
Write to us as soon as you can. Your files are made after payment and go to print within a day or so; before that we can fix a name or a date, and after that we cannot.
The books
Which volume should I begin with?
Letters to God if you want to pray directly. Letters to Future Me if you want to write forward and read it back in a year. Letters to My Body if you pray best when you begin in the breath, the jaw and the hands. Most people begin with twelve moons; three and six moons are the first part of the same sequence.
What is the difference between one deep prompt and seven short lines?
One deep prompt gives you a single prompt each week and a ruled page to answer it. Seven short lines gives you one short line for each day of the week, dated in the margin, for people who want a small daily habit instead of a weekly sit-down. The commands and the moon dates are the same either way.
What are the 48 commands?
They are commands Jesus gave, gathered into a list of 48 and printed in the King James words: Repent, Follow Me, Rejoice, and on through the Sermon on the Mount and beyond. Forty-four come from Matthew, three from Luke and one from John. The list follows a compilation by NewStart Discipleship. Four stations a moon over twelve moons gives one command for each week of the year. Four midpoints a moon ask what changed.
What are the midpoints?
Between each pair of stations the moon is a crescent or a gibbous: waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous and waning crescent. Each is a midpoint, halfway in time between the two stations on either side. Each moon has one review spread, right after its opening, with a dated panel for every midpoint that asks what has changed since the station before. The midpoints carry no new command, so the 48 commands are still used once each.
Do I need to belong to a church, or agree with everything?
The books are built on the words of Jesus, so they are Christian at the centre. They do not tell you what to conclude. Every prompt is a question, or an instruction to write, and the answers are yours.
How are the moon dates worked out?
From standard astronomical formulas for the New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon and Last Quarter, accurate to within minutes. The phase happens at one moment everywhere; the calendar date it falls on depends on your time zone, so we print it in yours. The four midpoints are dated halfway in time between the two phases on either side.
Does the three-volume set come boxed?
No. It ships as three separate books, each at twelve moons, for $129 against $144 apart.
Shipping and returns
Where do you ship?
The United States for now. The King James text is public domain in the United States and not everywhere else, and we are keeping to where we are sure.
How long will it take?
Every book is printed after you order it. Allow about 7 to 14 days from order to your door, and you will get a tracking link by email once it ships.
What if my book arrives damaged or misprinted?
Write to us within 30 days with a photo and your order number. We will replace it at no cost.
Can I return a book I no longer want?
Because each book is printed with your name and your dates, we cannot take back a book for a change of mind. If something is wrong with it, we will make it right.
Do you charge sales tax?
Where the law requires it, tax is calculated at checkout before you pay.
Payment
How do I pay, and is it safe?
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