International Gold Winner of the Readers’ Choice Book Awards (What Light Was), author Shawn Callaway Hays delivers Crossing Back Westward. Crossing Back Westward is a stirring theological meditation that fuses poetic liturgy, philosophical anthropology, and evangelical doctrine into a coherent and luminous testimony of Christian re-creation. With sermonic depth and metaphysical reach, Hays orchestrates a liturgical and literary pilgrimage that confronts the human condition—estranged, fragmented, yet divinely beckoned—through the redemptive arc of Christ's incarnational and cruciform love. The title sermon, “Good Crossing Back Westward,” anchors the collection as a theological centerpiece. In this work, the author reimagines the Cross as both cosmic fulcrum and personal compass, a portal reversing humanity's eastward exile from Eden by initiating the return toward divine communion. This westward movement, emblematic of reconciliation and re-creation, reveals the Cross not only as an altar of atonement but as a metaphysical door through which mortality yields to immortality, and isolation is overcome by Love’s initiative. Structured as a series of spiritual treatises—each sermon layered with liturgical cadence and philosophical scaffolding—the book explores pivotal Christian doctrines such as the hypostatic union, original sin, divine grace, justification, and the eschatological hope of resurrection. In essays like “Born Apart to Be Reborn a Part Of,” Hays articulates a theological anthropology that sees human brokenness not as terminal, but as a condition yearning for divine infusion—a rebirth that begins with God’s initiative and culminates in humanity’s transformation into “children of God.” Drawing on patristic echoes, Pauline theology, poetic scripture, and Trinitarian metaphysics, Crossing Back Westward presents the gospel not merely as doctrine but as drama—divine action inscribed in history and hearts. Its pages trace the arc from incarnation to crucifixion to the risen Christ’s call into ongoing sanctification. The sermons' lyrical prose bridges poetic theology with pastoral urgency, reminding readers that salvation is not only a future inheritance but a lived present reality. This volume is indispensable for theologians, ministers, and seekers of spiritual truth who desire to engage Christian orthodoxy through imaginative, heartfelt, and theologically rigorous exposition. It is both a clarion call and a contemplative companion for those navigating the tensions between earthly estrangement and heavenly homecoming. Shawn Callaway Hays writes with the fervor of a preacher and the precision of a philosopher. His theological writings integrate scripture, poetic imagination, and metaphysical inquiry to explore the mystery of divine love as it intersects with human destiny. This work reflects his enduring commitment to truth, beauty, and the lived drama of grace. Key The metaphysical significance of the Cross as cosmic turning pointThe dialectic between old-man nature (sin) and new-man identity (grace)Evangelical anthropology reframed through divine re-creationLiturgical and philosophical expressions of Trinitarian theologyThe moral and eschatological implications of hell and heavenA lyrical yet scholarly witness to the gospel’s totalizing reality