BEYOND THESE WALLS: A FUTURE AND A HOPE
Authors new title will leave the reader weeping and praising the Lord
Fictional Story Points to the Marvelous Love and Healing Grace of God
Authors new title will leave the reader weeping and praising the Lord
2010-07-30
LONGWOOD, FL-Within the pages of author Donald Smith's new Xulon Press release, Beyond These Walls ($16.99, paperback, 978-1-61579-446-1), is a moving drama that reveals how several people find themselves lost in drugs, crime, sex, and anti-social behavior. While in state prison, they find the transforming power of Christ through two chaplains, one a Catholic priest and one a Protestant minister. Their lives are woven together as only God can do to create a beautiful symphony of life and ministry that builds to a hallelujah crescendo and will leave the reader weeping and praising the Lord.
"My story of Willie and his struggle to become a priest points to the marvelous love and healing grace of God, who empowers all of us and reminds us that 'we are well aware that God works with those who love Him, those who have been called in accordance with His purpose, and turns everything to their good,'" the author says. "The future of the church stands upon the shoulders of such men as Willie, and not upon those who perpetrated the scandals. But as we now know, the cost to the church has been enormous both in souls and in dollars."
Smith, who holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Illinois and a doctorate from Illinois State University, has been counseling and ministering to hurting people since 1960. Ever since retiring from his position as a licensed professional counselor, he has devoted much of his time to writing in the hope that his timely message may reach the people who need it most.