fringe dweller

Fringe Dweller is a collection of forty reflections based on encounters in the gospels of Jesus the Fringe Dweller. Each reflection includes a practice and a liturgy. There are twenty original illustrations throughout. It is an invitation to encounter the person of Jesus Christ afresh through scriptures and in prayer as your own story, life and call dialogues with Jesus' life. Ideal for personal use, for groups and for those preaching or curating worship.

Jesus was loved by fringe dwellers - the poor, lame, blind, lepers, the oppressed, the possessed, foreigners, beggars, outsiders, those deemed unclean, women who experienced shame, tax collectors and sinners. He spent time with them. He reframed how they were seen and how they saw themselves. He challenged the way the world was ordered to keep them in their place. He gravitated to fringe places where you were not meant to go - the other side of the lake, Gentile areas, Samaria, the borderlands, Tyre and Sidon, Levi’s house. He taught that God’s new society is one in which the poor and the grief stricken are blessed and God’s table is one where all are welcome. He re-storied the world, flipped the script.

• Written by Jonny Baker & David Cotterill
• Illustrations by Jon Birch, design by Joel Baker
• Launches late January 2026