Richard’s stories grow out of a deep love for the Bible and a desire to help readers “stand inside” familiar passages rather than skim past them. Again and again he returns to themes of encounter—ordinary people unexpectedly meeting God in the middle of daily life. Whether it is a servant caught up in a miracle, a fisherman watching the storm fall silent, or someone in the crowd wrestling with doubt, his characters are shaped by the same questions many readers carry: Who is Jesus, really? What does forgiveness look like? Can broken people be restored?
Grace and second chances thread through his work, alongside themes of fear, courage and the cost of following. Richard is particularly drawn to the way Jesus notices those on the margins—women, outsiders, the sick and the overlooked—and he often chooses such voices as his narrators. He also weaves in the tension between faith and uncertainty; his characters do not always understand what they are seeing, but they are changed by it. By exploring these biblical themes through first‑person storytelling, Richard hopes to nudge readers back to Scripture with fresh eyes and a renewed sense that the God of those ancient stories is still at work today.