The Nine Doors Home
Nine conversations.
One Old Man.
One room.
The airport book. One sitting. A conversation with the Old Man — one for every kind of person who has ever felt the ache but never had a name for it. Some people start here. Some come back here after the series. Either way works.
What this book is
The conversation you have been trying to have your whole life.
Not the polite version you give at Thanksgiving. The honest one. Nine conversations between you and the Old Man — each one written for a different kind of person, a different kind of question, a different kind of life. One of them is yours.
“There is a pond ahead. You did not know you were walking toward it when you picked up this book. But you were. You have been walking toward it for a long time.”
— The Nine Doors Home, opening pages
The Nine Doors is the entry point into the world of The SonFlower and the Bear — but it stands completely alone. You don’t need to read the 13-book series first. And the series doesn’t require this book. They are two different conversations about the same thread.
The nine conversations
One of these is yours.
You already know which door you’re standing in front of.
The Christian
You love your tradition. Some things don't sit right. You need to know how the thread fits with Jesus.
The Muslim
You practice five times a day. You want to know if the thread honors what you already live.
The Jewish Reader
You carried the Name before anyone else did.
The Hindu
Your tradition has known the thread for five thousand years.
The Buddhist
You've been paying attention more carefully than almost anyone.
The Indigenous
Your people knew the thread before anyone built a church to contain it.
The Atheist
You follow the data. The Old Man isn't asking you to stop.
The Seeker
You've touched the truth in a dozen traditions and landed nowhere.
The Indifferent
You're not sure you belong here. Something brought you anyway.
How it works
One sitting. One conversation. One door.
Find your door
You already know which of the nine describes you. If you’re not sure, take the 12-question quiz.
Sit with the Old Man
Each door is a conversation — written in dialogue, between you and the Old Man. Your tradition honored. Your doubt respected.
Walk into the room
Every door opens into the same room. The thread was always free. The room was always open.
Read all nine if you want
Most people read their door first. Then read all eight others. Understanding how the thread finds someone different is half the point.
Get the book
$14.99 — paperback.
Available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. The conversation is waiting.