The Biblical gospels are filled with many characters who make brief appearances and yet are important to the story. This book represents a collection of reflective poems based on some of these individuals, creatively exploring who they might have been, what they might have been thinking or feeling, and what they may have done or said. The stories told in this collection are fictional and hopefully will serve as an inspiration to reflect as one reads the gospels and encounters these characters.

Richard is an author of several medical textbooks, as well as two novels and two prior poetry books, most recently Appointed Times. In this new collection of poems based on characters from the Biblical gospels, Reflecting in the Heart provides an opportunity to imagine what some of the characters who may have played a relatively minor role in the gospel stories may have experienced and thought. This book will hopefully provide a creative way to reflect on the gospels and a prayerful way to reflect on one's own life.