"More than a Sermon" - Final Cover Design

"More than a Sermon" final cover design for the great folks at Lexham Press. Lexham has a rich history of strong book covers, so getting to be a part of it was a real honor.

For this one, the book focused on a key metaphor of "The Rock and The Reed". These ideas come from Jeremiah and Isaiah, referring to how God's word can both crush hard, stony hearts yet also be gentle enough to not break the "bruised reed" of a hurting heart.

We also desired to get away from common preaching book clichés, and represent the idea in some more interesting visual language. For that, I crafted a custom notes-inspired background to represent the writing of a sermon, and pulled in oil paintings to call out each of the different themes in the book (including the rock and reed).