diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 330e1c7..a957bf5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "siteforge",
-  "version": "2.31.1",
+  "version": "2.32.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "siteforge",
-      "version": "2.31.1",
+      "version": "2.32.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.1135.0",
         "@dnd-kit/core": "^6.3.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 108a3b5..06c1841 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "siteforge",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.31.1",
+  "version": "2.32.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/App.css
index 167a020..8f33ae3 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -13825,3 +13825,51 @@ a.study-track-card:hover {
   .finished-book-card--featured .finished-book-card-img { aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; height: auto; }
 }
 .ep-hero-player { margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
+
+/* ── Home page redesign ── */
+.hero-stats { margin: 1.1rem 0 0; font-size: 0.85rem; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--brand-gold); opacity: 0.85; }
+
+.section-home-now { background: #080808; border-top: 1px solid rgba(201, 168, 76, 0.18); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(201, 168, 76, 0.18); padding: 3.5rem 0; }
+.home-now-grid { max-width: 1100px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1.1fr); gap: 2.5rem; align-items: start; }
+.home-now-player .eyebrow, .home-now-series .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 0.9rem; }
+.home-now-all { display: inline-block; margin-top: 0.9rem; font-size: 0.88rem; color: var(--brand-gold); text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: 0.04em; }
+.home-now-series { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 1rem; }
+.home-now-series .eyebrow { margin-bottom: 0; }
+.home-series-card { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 120px 1fr; gap: 1.25rem; align-items: start; background: #131313; border: 1px solid rgba(201, 168, 76, 0.22); border-radius: 14px; padding: 1.1rem; }
+.home-series-art { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 1; object-fit: cover; border-radius: 8px; }
+.home-series-info h3 { font-family: var(--brand-font-heading); font-size: 1.3rem; color: var(--brand-warm-white); margin: 0 0 0.4rem; }
+.home-series-desc { color: var(--brand-muted); font-size: 0.95rem; line-height: 1.55; margin: 0 0 0.9rem; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden; }
+.home-series-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.5rem; }
+
+.section-home-shelf { padding: 3rem 0 2.5rem; background: var(--brand-black); }
+.home-shelf-head { display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; gap: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; }
+.home-shelf-row { display: flex; gap: 1rem; overflow-x: auto; padding-bottom: 0.75rem; scroll-snap-type: x proximity; scrollbar-width: thin; }
+.home-shelf-book { flex: 0 0 130px; scroll-snap-align: start; text-decoration: none; color: #e8d9b5; font-size: 0.88rem; text-align: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.5rem; }
+.home-shelf-book img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 1; object-fit: cover; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid rgba(201, 168, 76, 0.25); transition: transform 180ms, border-color 180ms; }
+.home-shelf-book:hover img { transform: translateY(-3px); border-color: rgba(201, 168, 76, 0.6); }
+
+.prism-steps--chips { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.45rem; margin: 1rem 0; }
+.prism-steps--chips p { padding: 0.4rem 0.8rem; border-radius: 999px; font-size: 0.82rem; }
+.prism-more { background: transparent; border: 0; padding: 0; color: var(--brand-gold); font-family: var(--brand-font-body); font-size: 0.9rem; letter-spacing: 0.04em; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px; }
+.section-prism { padding: 3.5rem 0; }
+
+.section-home-connect { background: #0c0c08; border-top: 1px solid rgba(201, 168, 76, 0.15); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(201, 168, 76, 0.15); padding: 3.5rem 0; }
+.home-connect-grid { max-width: 1100px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 1.5rem; }
+.home-connect-card { background: rgba(26, 26, 21, 0.7); border: 1px solid rgba(201, 168, 76, 0.18); border-radius: 14px; padding: 2rem; }
+.home-connect-card--newsletter { text-align: center; }
+.home-connect-card--newsletter .newsletter-inner { max-width: none; }
+.home-connect-card .section-heading { font-size: 1.5rem; }
+.home-connect-card .share-p { margin-bottom: 1.1rem; }
+.home-connect-share-row { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 1.25rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+.home-connect-share-row .share-qr { width: 110px; height: 110px; }
+
+.home-more .section-qa-callout, .home-more .section-tfl, .home-more .section-external-sites { padding-top: 3rem; padding-bottom: 3rem; }
+
+@media (max-width: 860px) {
+  .home-now-grid, .home-connect-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 2rem; }
+}
+@media (max-width: 520px) {
+  .home-series-card { grid-template-columns: 84px 1fr; gap: 0.9rem; padding: 0.9rem; }
+  .home-series-info h3 { font-size: 1.1rem; }
+  .home-connect-card { padding: 1.4rem; }
+}
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 1a6c963..fa88a64 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ function ExternalSitesSection({ content }: { content: SiteContent }) {
   )
 }
 
-function HomepageNewsletterSection() {
+function HomepageNewsletterSection({ embedded = false }: { embedded?: boolean }) {
   const [email, setEmail] = useState('')
   const [firstName, setFirstName] = useState('')
   const [honey, setHoney] = useState('')
@@ -1074,44 +1074,52 @@ function HomepageNewsletterSection() {
     }
   }
 
+  const content = (
+    <>
+      <p className="eyebrow">Stay in the Word</p>
+      <h2 className="section-heading">Get episode updates by email</h2>
+      <p className="newsletter-sub">New episodes, study resources, and ministry updates — delivered to your inbox.</p>
+      {status === 'done' ? (
+        <p className="newsletter-thanks">You're subscribed! Thank you for signing up.</p>
+      ) : (
+        <form className="newsletter-form" onSubmit={handleSubmit} noValidate>
+          <input type="text" className="contact-honeypot" tabIndex={-1} autoComplete="off" aria-hidden="true" value={honey} onChange={e => setHoney(e.target.value)} />
+          <div className="newsletter-fields">
+            <input
+              type="text"
+              placeholder="First name"
+              required
+              autoComplete="given-name"
+              value={firstName}
+              onChange={e => setFirstName(e.target.value)}
+              className="newsletter-input"
+            />
+            <input
+              type="email"
+              placeholder="Email address"
+              required
+              autoComplete="email"
+              value={email}
+              onChange={e => setEmail(e.target.value)}
+              className="newsletter-input"
+            />
+            <button type="submit" className="btn-primary" disabled={status === 'submitting'}>
+              {status === 'submitting' ? 'Subscribing…' : 'Subscribe'}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+          {status === 'error' && <p className="newsletter-error">Something went wrong. Please try again.</p>}
+        </form>
+      )}
+    </>
+  )
+
+  // `embedded` drops the full-width band so the signup can sit inside another section (homepage connect row).
+  if (embedded) {
+    return <div className="home-connect-card home-connect-card--newsletter" aria-label="Newsletter sign-up">{content}</div>
+  }
   return (
     <section className="section-newsletter" aria-label="Newsletter sign-up">
-      <div className="section-inner newsletter-inner">
-        <p className="eyebrow">Stay in the Word</p>
-        <h2 className="section-heading">Get episode updates by email</h2>
-        <p className="newsletter-sub">New episodes, study resources, and ministry updates — delivered to your inbox.</p>
-        {status === 'done' ? (
-          <p className="newsletter-thanks">You're subscribed! Thank you for signing up.</p>
-        ) : (
-          <form className="newsletter-form" onSubmit={handleSubmit} noValidate>
-            <input type="text" className="contact-honeypot" tabIndex={-1} autoComplete="off" aria-hidden="true" value={honey} onChange={e => setHoney(e.target.value)} />
-            <div className="newsletter-fields">
-              <input
-                type="text"
-                placeholder="First name"
-                required
-                autoComplete="given-name"
-                value={firstName}
-                onChange={e => setFirstName(e.target.value)}
-                className="newsletter-input"
-              />
-              <input
-                type="email"
-                placeholder="Email address"
-                required
-                autoComplete="email"
-                value={email}
-                onChange={e => setEmail(e.target.value)}
-                className="newsletter-input"
-              />
-              <button type="submit" className="btn-primary" disabled={status === 'submitting'}>
-                {status === 'submitting' ? 'Subscribing…' : 'Subscribe'}
-              </button>
-            </div>
-            {status === 'error' && <p className="newsletter-error">Something went wrong. Please try again.</p>}
-          </form>
-        )}
-      </div>
+      <div className="section-inner newsletter-inner">{content}</div>
     </section>
   )
 }
@@ -1224,6 +1232,44 @@ function TestimonialsSection({ testimonials }: { testimonials: Testimonial[] })
 
 function LandingPage({ content }: { content: SiteContent }) {
   const featuredStudy = getHomepageFeaturedStudy(content)
+  const { episodes } = useAllEpisodes()
+  const [prismOpen, setPrismOpen] = useState(false)
+  const finishedBooks = [...(content.finishedBooks ?? [])].sort((a, b) => b.season - a.season)
+  const episodesInSeason = (season?: number) => (season ? episodes.filter(ep => ep.season === String(season)).length : 0)
+
+  const liveSeries = [
+    {
+      key: 'primary',
+      imageUrl: content.seriesImageUrl,
+      title: content.seriesTitle,
+      label: content.seriesLabel,
+      description: content.seriesDescription,
+      listenUrl: content.seriesListenUrl,
+      listenBtnLabel: content.seriesListenBtnLabel,
+      studySlug: content.seriesStudySlug,
+      season: content.seriesSeason,
+    },
+    ...(content.secondSeries?.title?.trim()
+      ? [{
+          key: 'second',
+          imageUrl: content.secondSeries.imageUrl,
+          title: content.secondSeries.title,
+          label: content.secondSeries.label,
+          description: content.secondSeries.description,
+          listenUrl: content.secondSeries.listenUrl,
+          listenBtnLabel: content.secondSeries.listenBtnLabel,
+          studySlug: content.secondSeries.studySlug,
+          season: content.secondSeries.season,
+        }]
+      : []),
+  ]
+
+  // Fixed "ways in" cards go first; the admin-managed cards follow, skipping any that point to the same page.
+  const adminCards = content.whereToNextCards ?? []
+  const fixedCards = [
+    { id: 'start', path: '/start-here', title: 'Start here', description: 'New to the show? A short path through the best first episodes.' },
+    { id: 'verse', path: '/scripture', title: 'Find a verse', description: 'Look up any passage and jump to the episode or lesson that covers it.' },
+  ].filter(card => !adminCards.some(c => c.path === card.path))
 
   return (
     <div className="site">
@@ -1259,12 +1305,108 @@ function LandingPage({ content }: { content: SiteContent }) {
               <SpotifyIcon />
               {content.heroBtnSpotify || 'Listen on Spotify'}
             </a>
-            <Link to="/episodes" className="btn-secondary">{content.heroBtnEpisodes || 'Explore Episodes ↓'}</Link>
             <Link to="/start-here" className="btn-secondary btn-start-here">{content.heroBtnStartHere || 'New here? Start here →'}</Link>
+            <Link to="/episodes" className="btn-secondary">{content.heroBtnEpisodes || 'Explore Episodes ↓'}</Link>
+          </div>
+          {episodes.length > 0 && (
+            <p className="hero-stats">
+              {episodes.length} episodes
+              {finishedBooks.length > 0 && <> · {finishedBooks.length} {finishedBooks.length === 1 ? 'book' : 'books'} completed</>}
+            </p>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      </section>
+
+      {/* ── LISTEN NOW: latest episode + current series ── */}
+      <section className="section-home-now" id="series" aria-label="Listen now">
+        <div className="section-inner home-now-grid">
+          <div className="home-now-player">
+            <p className="eyebrow">Latest Episode</p>
+            <LatestEpisodePlayer content={content} />
+            <Link to="/episodes" className="home-now-all">Browse all episodes →</Link>
+          </div>
+          <div className="home-now-series">
+            <p className="eyebrow">Current Series</p>
+            {liveSeries.map(series => {
+              const count = episodesInSeason(series.season)
+              return (
+                <article className="home-series-card" key={series.key}>
+                  <img src={series.imageUrl} alt={series.title} className="home-series-art" />
+                  <div className="home-series-info">
+                    <p className="series-label">{series.label}{count > 0 ? ` · ${count} episodes so far` : ''}</p>
+                    <h3>{series.title}</h3>
+                    <p className="home-series-desc">{series.description}</p>
+                    <div className="home-series-actions">
+                      <a
+                        href={series.listenUrl || content.platformSpotifyUrl || '/spotify'}
+                        target="_blank"
+                        rel="noreferrer"
+                        className="btn-primary"
+                      >
+                        <SpotifyIcon />
+                        {series.listenBtnLabel || content.seriesListenBtnLabel || 'Listen to Series'}
+                      </a>
+                      {series.studySlug
+                        ? <Link to={`/study/${series.studySlug}`} className="btn-secondary">Study Along</Link>
+                        : <Link to="/resources" className="btn-secondary">{content.seriesDownloadsBtnLabel || 'View Resources'}</Link>}
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                </article>
+              )
+            })}
           </div>
         </div>
       </section>
 
+      {/* ── WAYS IN ── */}
+      <section className="section-home-jump" aria-label="Homepage navigation">
+        <div className="section-inner">
+          <div className="home-jump-head">
+            <p className="eyebrow">{content.whereToNextEyebrow || 'Where to Next'}</p>
+            <h2 className="section-heading">{content.whereToNextHeading || 'Choose the page you need.'}</h2>
+          </div>
+          <div className="home-jump-grid">
+            {[...fixedCards, ...adminCards].map(card => (
+              <Link key={card.id} to={card.path} className="home-jump-card">
+                <h3>{card.title}</h3>
+                <p>{card.description}</p>
+              </Link>
+            ))}
+            {featuredStudy && (
+              <Link to={`/study/${featuredStudy.slug || ''}`} className="home-jump-card home-jump-card--featured">
+                <div className="home-jump-featured-head">
+                  <p className="eyebrow">{featuredStudy.homepageEyebrow || 'Study'}</p>
+                  {featuredStudy.showNewTag && <span className="home-jump-new-tag">{featuredStudy.newTagLabel || 'NEW'}</span>}
+                </div>
+                <h3>{featuredStudy.title}</h3>
+                <p>{featuredStudy.description || 'Explore this study track with lesson notes, commentary, and guided questions.'}</p>
+              </Link>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+
+      {/* ── FINISHED BOOKS SHELF ── */}
+      {finishedBooks.length > 0 && (
+        <section className="section-home-shelf" aria-label="Finished books">
+          <div className="section-inner">
+            <div className="home-shelf-head">
+              <h2 className="section-heading" style={{ textAlign: 'left', marginBottom: 0 }}>Books We've Finished</h2>
+              <Link to="/finished" className="home-now-all">See all →</Link>
+            </div>
+            <div className="home-shelf-row">
+              {finishedBooks.map(book => (
+                <Link key={book.id} to={`/finished/${book.id}`} className="home-shelf-book">
+                  {book.imageUrl && <img src={book.imageUrl} alt={book.title} loading="lazy" />}
+                  <span>{book.title}</span>
+                </Link>
+              ))}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </section>
+      )}
+
+      {/* ── PRISM ── */}
       <section className="section-prism" aria-label="PRISM featured video">
         <div className="section-inner prism-feature">
           <div className="prism-video-shell">
@@ -1288,136 +1430,59 @@ function LandingPage({ content }: { content: SiteContent }) {
             <p className="prism-description">
               {content.prismIntro || 'What if every time you opened your Bible, you had a clear, repeatable method to actually dig in?'}
             </p>
-            <p className="prism-description">
-              {content.prismPatternIntro || 'In this bonus episode, I walk you through P.R.I.S.M. — a five-step daily Bible study pattern designed to help you slow down, go deep, and let the Word do its work.'}
-            </p>
-            <div className="prism-steps" aria-label="P.R.I.S.M. steps">
+            <div className="prism-steps prism-steps--chips" aria-label="P.R.I.S.M. steps">
               <p>{content.prismStep1 || 'P — Pray before you read'}</p>
               <p>{content.prismStep2 || 'R — Read slowly and observe'}</p>
               <p>{content.prismStep3 || 'I — Interpret with context'}</p>
               <p>{content.prismStep4 || 'S — Study and apply specifically'}</p>
               <p>{content.prismStep5 || 'M — Memorize one verse at a time'}</p>
             </div>
-            <p className="prism-description">
-              {content.prismOutro || "Whether you're brand new to daily Bible reading or you've been at it for years, P.R.I.S.M. gives you a consistent framework for every passage, every day."}
-            </p>
-            <p className="prism-description prism-emphasis">
-              {content.prismClosing || "The goal isn't to get through the text — it's to let the text get through to you."}
-            </p>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </section>
-
-      <HomepageNewsletterSection />
-
-      <section className="section-series" id="series" aria-label="Current series">
-        <div className="section-inner">
-          <h2 className="section-heading">
-            <span className="ornament">✦</span> Current Series{' '}
-            <span className="ornament">✦</span>
-          </h2>
-          <div className={`series-grid${content.secondSeries?.title?.trim() ? ' series-grid--two' : ''}`}>
-            {[
-              {
-                key: 'primary',
-                imageUrl: content.seriesImageUrl,
-                title: content.seriesTitle,
-                label: content.seriesLabel,
-                description: content.seriesDescription,
-                listenUrl: content.seriesListenUrl,
-                listenBtnLabel: content.seriesListenBtnLabel,
-                studySlug: content.seriesStudySlug,
-              },
-              ...(content.secondSeries?.title?.trim()
-                ? [{
-                    key: 'second',
-                    imageUrl: content.secondSeries.imageUrl,
-                    title: content.secondSeries.title,
-                    label: content.secondSeries.label,
-                    description: content.secondSeries.description,
-                    listenUrl: content.secondSeries.listenUrl,
-                    listenBtnLabel: content.secondSeries.listenBtnLabel,
-                    studySlug: content.secondSeries.studySlug,
-                  }]
-                : []),
-            ].map(series => (
-              <article className="series-card" key={series.key}>
-                <img
-                  src={series.imageUrl}
-                  alt={series.title}
-                  className="series-art"
-                />
-                <div className="series-info">
-                  <p className="series-label">{series.label}</p>
-                  <h3>{series.title}</h3>
-                  <p>{series.description}</p>
-                  <a
-                    href={series.listenUrl || content.platformSpotifyUrl || '/spotify'}
-                    target="_blank"
-                    rel="noreferrer"
-                    className="btn-primary"
-                  >
-                    <SpotifyIcon />
-                    {series.listenBtnLabel || content.seriesListenBtnLabel || 'Listen to Series'}
-                  </a>
-                  {series.studySlug
-                    ? <Link to={`/study/${series.studySlug}`} className="btn-secondary">Study Along</Link>
-                    : <Link to="/resources" className="btn-secondary">{content.seriesDownloadsBtnLabel || 'View Resources'}</Link>}
-                </div>
-              </article>
-            ))}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </section>
-
-      <TruthForLifeWidget type="audiodevo" />
-
-      <ExternalSitesSection content={content} />
-
-      <section className="section-home-jump" aria-label="Homepage navigation">
-        <div className="section-inner">
-          <div className="home-jump-head">
-            <p className="eyebrow">{content.whereToNextEyebrow || 'Where to Next'}</p>
-            <h2 className="section-heading">{content.whereToNextHeading || 'Choose the page you need.'}</h2>
-          </div>
-          <div className="home-jump-grid">
-            {(content.whereToNextCards ?? []).map(card => (
-              <Link key={card.id} to={card.path} className="home-jump-card">
-                <h3>{card.title}</h3>
-                <p>{card.description}</p>
-              </Link>
-            ))}
-            {featuredStudy && (
-              <Link to={`/study/${featuredStudy.slug || ''}`} className="home-jump-card home-jump-card--featured">
-                <div className="home-jump-featured-head">
-                  <p className="eyebrow">{featuredStudy.homepageEyebrow || 'Study'}</p>
-                  {featuredStudy.showNewTag && <span className="home-jump-new-tag">{featuredStudy.newTagLabel || 'NEW'}</span>}
-                </div>
-                <h3>{featuredStudy.title}</h3>
-                <p>{featuredStudy.description || 'Explore this study track with lesson notes, commentary, and guided questions.'}</p>
-              </Link>
+            {prismOpen && (
+              <>
+                <p className="prism-description">
+                  {content.prismPatternIntro || 'In this bonus episode, I walk you through P.R.I.S.M. — a five-step daily Bible study pattern designed to help you slow down, go deep, and let the Word do its work.'}
+                </p>
+                <p className="prism-description">
+                  {content.prismOutro || "Whether you're brand new to daily Bible reading or you've been at it for years, P.R.I.S.M. gives you a consistent framework for every passage, every day."}
+                </p>
+                <p className="prism-description prism-emphasis">
+                  {content.prismClosing || "The goal isn't to get through the text — it's to let the text get through to you."}
+                </p>
+              </>
             )}
+            <button type="button" className="prism-more" aria-expanded={prismOpen} onClick={() => setPrismOpen(v => !v)}>
+              {prismOpen ? 'Show less' : 'Read more about PRISM'}
+            </button>
           </div>
         </div>
       </section>
 
-      <HomepageQACallout />
-
       <TestimonialsSection testimonials={content.testimonials ?? []} />
 
-      <section className="section-share" aria-label="Share the show">
-        <div className="section-inner section-share-inner">
-          <div className="share-text">
+      {/* ── CONNECT: newsletter + share ── */}
+      <section className="section-home-connect" aria-label="Stay connected">
+        <div className="section-inner home-connect-grid">
+          <HomepageNewsletterSection embedded />
+          <div className="home-connect-card home-connect-card--share">
             <h2 className="section-heading" style={{ textAlign: 'left', marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>
               {content.shareHeading || 'Help one more person hear the Word this week.'}
             </h2>
             <p className="share-p">{content.shareP || 'Scan the QR code or text the show link to a friend who needs encouragement today.'}</p>
-            <ShareShowButton />
+            <div className="home-connect-share-row">
+              <ShareShowButton />
+              <img src={content.shareQrImageUrl || '/images/qr-code.jpg'} alt="QR code to share the show" className="share-qr" />
+            </div>
           </div>
-          <img src={content.shareQrImageUrl || '/images/qr-code.jpg'} alt="QR code to share the show" className="share-qr" />
         </div>
       </section>
 
+      {/* ── MORE FROM US ── */}
+      <div className="home-more">
+        <HomepageQACallout />
+        <TruthForLifeWidget type="audiodevo" />
+        <ExternalSitesSection content={content} />
+      </div>
+
       <SiteFooter content={content} />
 
       <AnalyticsConsentBanner content={content} />