This book is a little miracle. Like the King James Bible, it is lyrical. Like Torah, it goes to the essence of faith. Moving easily between Judaism and Christianity, it reveals similarities and differences, enriching our knowledge of both traditions as it introduces us to the Hebrew way of probing the language of the Bible, midrash.

Kunst's intent in this book is admirable - to show to Christians the value of imaginative interpretation of Scripture and to provide concrete exercises for applying it in your life. Unfortunately, many of the exercises seem drawn from writers' creative stimulus books - remember a time when nature .... etc.
Although it deals with visual rather than verbal midrash, I find Jo Milgrom's book (Handmade Midrash) to be more effective in walking Christians through imaginative interpretation of Scripture. Kunst does, however, provide insight into the depth of change required of her to move from her evangelical-based study of Scripture to the more imaginative approach. This is the strength of the book, to the extent that it almost overshadows the midrash itself. In this approach, Kunst skillfully avoids theory and concentrates on the practical. She encourages the reader to follow her on her path by emphasizing what she has learned. Some readers will appreciate this low key approach. Myself, I prefer a bit more "meat" on my midrash and would recommend a handful of Jewish texts as introductions over this book. But I suspect there is a group of readers who need a non-threatening, explicitly Christian introduction that makes few intellectual demands. This might be the book for them.