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GOD. DOG.: The Divine Palindrome
What if the most profound theology you've ever encountered came from a dog?
Not a parable about dogs. Not a metaphor. An actual dog—four legs, bad breath, sleeping at your feet.
Theodore Kopec discovered something startling through his pit the relationship between a human and a dog mirrors the relationship between God and humanity. The way we provide, protect, discipline, and delight in our dogs reveals how God relates to us. The way dogs trust, surrender, follow, and worship reveals how we're meant to relate to Him.
GOD. DOG. The word reads the same both ways. The palindrome is the point.
Through raw memoir and profound theology, The Divine Palindrome
• The Downward Gaze—How God provides, protects, disciplines, and delights in us (the way we do with our dogs)
• The Upward Gaze—How we worship, trust, surrender, and follow Him (the way dogs do with us)
• The Sacred Symmetry—Where both movements meet in relationship, revealing who God actually is versus who we've been told He is
This isn't a book that deifies dogs or reduces God to a cosmic pet owner. It's a book about living parables, embedded truths, and how God uses the creatures He designed to teach us what agape love actually looks like when you can touch it, feed it, and watch it sleep at your feet.
Perfect
• Dog lovers discovering that their four-legged companions have been teaching theology all along
• Christians ready to move from information about God to genuine experience with God
• Anyone whose image of God has been distorted by religion, fear, or loss
• Readers seeking memoir that doesn't avoid the hard questions
• Small groups wanting rich discussion material that integrates story and Scripture
Written with vulnerability about grief, humor about the realities of dog ownership, and unflinching correction of theological misconceptions, The Divine Palindrome weaves memoir and theology into something that will change how you see both your dog and your Creator.
The relationship you were made for has been right in front of you all along.
Come and see what the dogs have been trying to tell you.
Not a parable about dogs. Not a metaphor. An actual dog—four legs, bad breath, sleeping at your feet.
Theodore Kopec discovered something startling through his pit the relationship between a human and a dog mirrors the relationship between God and humanity. The way we provide, protect, discipline, and delight in our dogs reveals how God relates to us. The way dogs trust, surrender, follow, and worship reveals how we're meant to relate to Him.
GOD. DOG. The word reads the same both ways. The palindrome is the point.
Through raw memoir and profound theology, The Divine Palindrome
• The Downward Gaze—How God provides, protects, disciplines, and delights in us (the way we do with our dogs)
• The Upward Gaze—How we worship, trust, surrender, and follow Him (the way dogs do with us)
• The Sacred Symmetry—Where both movements meet in relationship, revealing who God actually is versus who we've been told He is
This isn't a book that deifies dogs or reduces God to a cosmic pet owner. It's a book about living parables, embedded truths, and how God uses the creatures He designed to teach us what agape love actually looks like when you can touch it, feed it, and watch it sleep at your feet.
Perfect
• Dog lovers discovering that their four-legged companions have been teaching theology all along
• Christians ready to move from information about God to genuine experience with God
• Anyone whose image of God has been distorted by religion, fear, or loss
• Readers seeking memoir that doesn't avoid the hard questions
• Small groups wanting rich discussion material that integrates story and Scripture
Written with vulnerability about grief, humor about the realities of dog ownership, and unflinching correction of theological misconceptions, The Divine Palindrome weaves memoir and theology into something that will change how you see both your dog and your Creator.
The relationship you were made for has been right in front of you all along.
Come and see what the dogs have been trying to tell you.
592 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2026
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