Pastures of Wonder - Inspirational & Thought Provoking Stories for the Christian Spirit Review
Pastures of Wonder - Inspirational & Thought Provoking Stories for the Christian Spirit Overview
PASTURES OF WONDER – INSPIRATIONAL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING STORIES FOR THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT is a collection of tales about learning the unknowable, seeing the unbelievable and living the impossible. Within its pages, you will find six novellas and stories that awaken, challenge and inspire the Christian soul.This collection is a raw, inspirational, relentless, philosophical and emotional journey into the core of the Christian spirit. Most have had a strong reaction to the stories, coming away in tears, inspired and transformed. The shorter nature of the stories intensifies their emotional impact while allowing the reader to reflect on the many theological issues presented in each passage. The fictional characters in these stories are you and I.
Word Count: Approx. 62,600
REDISCOVERY is a “heartwarming Christian Cinderella story”. Readers wept after each “endearing plot twist” but theological undercurrents flow throughout. The power of humility conquers storms of disappointment. Spiritual gifts are hidden until appointed times. A dreamer’s dusty old diary reveals poignant revelations. The ending is “wonderful and reminds us of the first time Sophia stood alone on stage”. Hold the hand of an aspiring young saint on her voyage into rediscovery.
INTO THE DARKNESS exhibits excruciating subject matter, telling of the aftermath of the senseless murder of eight-year-old Katie. It does not pull punches in its raw depiction of loss, grief, revenge, repentance and forgiveness. It is “gripping”, “intense” and “incredibly emotional”, taking on a quality of universal tragedy. Readers see the shattered heart of a grieving mother, feel the vengeful soul of a bitter pastor, know the wretched mind of a drug-addicted murderer, and behold the resurrected spirit of an ageless princess.
OLD WOMAN continues the theme of the majesty of what Jesus Christ has promised in the yet to come shining through unlikely hues into a sin-cursed existence. The fate of the “young” woman, who has yet to begin her Real Life, is left for the imagination. Revisit the grandeur of the last days of a saint’s enduring life as seen through the eyes of eternity.
COLORING BOOK is an “enchanting story” of a little girl with great faith. Our hero spends her off time singing in the land of make-believe and immersed in her coloring books. Things begin innocently but build towards an “unusual and touching ending”. The “conclusion is amazing” and readers “could not help but wonder if this was a true story”.
SUFFERING’S RIDDLES searches for clues to unravel the Biblical mysteries surrounding a victim’s haunted past. The reader is “never given a clear picture of Trent’s suffering” as this story is about the nature of suffering and how our Lord helps us through. We must face our pain, be humbled by it, and use it to know a God of unimaginable love.
In SPIRITS OF IWO JIMA, the storm landing upon fated shores was weeks, then days, and now hours away. Thousands of soldiers will sacrifice their lives for their families and empires upon a lifeless volcanic isle in the middle of an endless ocean. Two marines will spend their last days of friendship in deep conversation on the mysteries of Jesus Christ and the possibilities of an afterlife. They will anguish over the significance of war and how the suffering of millions ties in with Scriptural doctrines of death, Hell, Divine love and salvation. They will find the demons of the unseen world fighting to take control before the arrival of the “mighty hurricane” in this last hour of choice. The Holy Spirit will visit them in the midst of their discourse before their meeting with the Angel of Death. Their pasts, present and futures will collide where time meets the timeless, but God will protect their hopes in a place hidden within the human spirit. Before the smoke of our greed, and rage, and sin escalates past Mount Suribachi, one marine will use his dying words to reach out to a Prince of Peace who allows war, famine and disease.
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