Create a thought-provoking Christian book cover for To Identity and Beyond

To Identity and Beyond

Matt Pavlik

Matt Pavlik is a licensed professional clinical counselor who wants to see each individual restored to their true identity. He's written two books: Confident Identity and Marriage From Roots To Fruits. Since 2003, he has been counseling individuals and couples at his Christian private practice, New Reflections Counseling. To learn more about identity check out his blog at ChristianConcepts.com. Matt and his wife Georgette have been married since 1999 and live with their four children in Centerville, Ohio.

Jesus had about three years from the time He started His ministry until He was crucified. He lived a strategic life that advanced God’s kingdom and fulfilled His deepest longings. God wants the same for you.
If you want to understand the meaning of your life, you must first understand who you are. As you become closer to your identity, you’ll be able to know the purpose beyond your identity.
I want you to understand how important your identity is to God. You’re God’s chosen instrument to fulfill His plans. You’re irreplaceable. God chooses to exercise His power through His people—and that includes you.
Your contribution is significant—and if you have some doubt about that, this book is for you. I hope that by the end of these pages, you will be ready to commit to pursuing all God made you to be.
Are you ready to begin an adventure to a world that dwells within you? To allow God to reveal to you who He made you to be? Fasten your seatbelt; you’re about to begin the ride of a lifetime—one that will take you To Identity and Beyond.

Men and woman looking for a framework to understand the meaning of life through who they are and who God is. They may be newer Christians (primary), seekers (secondary), or even more mature Christians (secondary).

This is a spiritual growth book. I want something to appeal to the expansiveness of the universe (God) but also the expansiveness of a person's identity. There's also an element of life journey.

In going through the design process, I've come to realize there must be enough of a reality of hope. To me this means some green and plushness to contrast the barrenness.

The cosmos alone is not enough to convey "Christian", so there needs to be some Christian element to it also. I don't like putting an open book/bible on the front - seems too retro and too directly symbolic. I want the cover to tell a story symbolically.

The overall feel should be hopeful, not dark or bleak. A dark cover is okay for the cosmos, but there needs to be a significant source of light to be hopeful.

The paperback cover is 6x9 and approximately 200 pages. Even though I've provided mock ups, I'm open to all creative ideas.

I've seen some designs already that have too many random rainbow colors and that is not good. I don't like pink or green for the cosmos.

I've done a few mock ups and have put a cosmos/star background in all of them. My mock ups are too simple and missing a Christian element.

No Bibles or books on the cover.

Also, this can't look completely like a Sci-fi or prophecy book. It's a spiritual growth book.

The font needs to convey non-fiction, not fiction. If the font leans toward fiction and the picture too, then the book will look too sci-fi.

I do want the design files (AI and PSD) so I can make tweaks later.