Justin’s Fountain
Justin Moore is a successful architect who loses his business, his home, his life savings, and his reputation when fire destroys Liberty Tower One, the residential condominium that was to have been his masterwork. Seven people died there.
Having lost everything, Justin and his wife, Hannah, move into a tiny apartment in Branford Gardens, a dead-end slum on the south side of Chicago. Haunted by his memory of the tragedy, Justin begins drinking to escape his agony.
Unable to watch her husband slowly destroy himself, Hannah asks Justin to move out until he can pull himself together.
Homeless and heartsick as well as destitute, Justin promises that he will turn his life around. Briefly, he is able to keep his promise, but then Hannah, the love of his life, dies in a tragic accident.
With nothing left to live for, Justin is on the verge of committing suicide when he meets Grace McFarland, a wealthy widow with a terrible secret she desperately needs to hide. Grace promises Justin that she will restore his fortune if he will help her bury her past. By the time Justin learns the magnitude of Grace’s secret, it is too late for him to refuse.
This is a story about faith, love, loss, and redemption, and learning to value those things that endure when all else is stripped away.
Conversations with Grandfather
Ward Stanford is an ex-con whose life is in shambles. Having lived on the streets as a homeless person, he is struggling to turn his life around when a letter arrives.
Lauren Reslin, Ward’s estranged daughter, has invited him to visit her in Montana. When he arrives, Lauren informs her father that she has only a few months to live, and he will soon be responsible for raising his rebellious grandson, Mathias, with whom he has nothing in common. Lauren also insists that Ward, a nonbeliever, must raise his grandson as a Christian. Ward refuses at first, but then reluctantly agrees to honor his dying daughter’s wishes.
As Mathias’s guardian, Ward soon realizes that to help his grandson overcome his pent-up grief, he must first break through the walls the boy has put up around his heart and win his trust. He begins by challenging Mathias’ intellect. Over time, their conversations become increasingly personal and poignant. As a result, Ward is led to discover his own faith. Gradually, Ward and Mathias come to care deeply for one another.
This Christian novel explores the foundations of faith and how genuine love can bring healing and redemption.
A Torrent of Faith
Paul Langdon is a struggling real estate broker. By nature, he is a cautious man, adverse to taking risks. While scouting out a tract of land, Paul loses his way in the woods. After wandering helplessly for several days, he is saved by the interventions of a wolf – except there are no wolves in upstate New York.
As a lukewarm Christian, Paul discovers that his miraculous encounter has challenged his faith in God. Two additional miracles, each more compelling than the last, combine to strengthen his spiritual devotion.
Then Paul and his wife, Rachel, are devastated to learn that their eight-year-old daughter has Lascaux Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Within eighteen months, Alicia’s immune system will begin attacking her heart. She will not survive.
Even though fully expecting another miracle, Paul resolves to do everything in his power to see his daughter healed. Yet, his efforts are thwarted at every turn. Even the experimental therapy that might offer a glimmer of hope is denied to Alicia for technical reasons. At length, Paul realizes he is out of options. He has reached the limits of his own abilities.
This story explores the nuances of genuine faith, and in light of God’s sovereignty, what trusting in Him truly entails.
Echoes of My Son
Reid Scott is a brilliant computer-software developer. His devotion to the companies he has established ensures that they will become highly prosperous. However, in choosing to spend long hours at work, he has become increasingly estranged from his family. When his seventeen-year old son is brutally murdered, Reid is forced to face the fact that he has been a lousy dad. Consumed by rage fueled by guilt, he vows to wreak vengeance on his son’s killer. But then, as a new Christian, he learns that he must forgive to be forgiven, a requirement that seems absolutely impossible.
Ruben Walker is a poor kid from a broken home. When his mother disappears suddenly with him being the eldest-the responsibility to provide for his younger siblings falls on his shoulders. He does the best he can until Child Protective Services splits his family apart. His sister and two brothers are sent to separate foster homes. Ruben believes that money is the key. If he accumulates enough wealth, he feels he can convince CPS that he is fit to reunite his family. In utter desperation, he resorts to robbery. During the robbery, a seventeen-year-old boy is inadvertently killed.
A sequence of providential events brings Reid and Ruben together. They have no idea they share an appalling tragedy. Over the course of many months, Reid and his wife, Allison, learn to care deeply for Ruben, who reminds them of their deceased son. Their love for the boy is put to the test the day Ruben shares his most closely guarded secret by confessing his crime.
This Christian novel examines what it means to live by faith, to forgive the unforgivable, and to love unconditionally.
The Overcomer
Adam Masters has lived a long and difficult life. Having spent his formative years under the thumb of an abusive father, he understands all too well how childhood traumas can shape choices made in later years. He has experienced firsthand the ways in which psychological scars can directly spawn self-destructive behaviors.
During his journey of self-discovery, Adam has also learned that an individual can resist being victimized by past sufferings. Through faith in Jesus, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, Adam has been able to overcome the agonies of his past and turn his life around.
The question that confounds Adam is how to share his hard-won knowledge with his grandson, Casey, and thereby help him avoid making the same mistakes he made. Adam’s solution is to present his life story, both the good and the bad, without embellishment, and with nothing held back.
During the telling, Adam establishes such a high level of intimacy and trust that Casey is able to open up and reveal the terrible secret that no one knew he was hiding, a secret with the potential to ruin his life and demolish his plans for the future.
This is a story about faith, love, mutual respect, plainspoken honesty, and a willingness to bear each other’s burdens.