Reverend Stephen Drew is shattered when Alice Hayward is murdered by her husband just hours after being baptized and finds his faith in God slipping away, until he meets Heather Laurent, whose work studying angels helps Drew renew his spirituality in the face of a police investigation that suggests he may have been connected to Alice's death.
In 1956, toward the end of his life, Reverend John Ames begins a letter to his young son, sharing the story of his life and explaining how his faith influenced his choices and actions.
A biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. covering his childhood, leadership, powerful speeches, assassination, andgreatest influences.
"Set in the years 1950-1970 in a changing America and London, follow[s] two married couples--ministers and academics--whose intricate bonds of faith and friendship, jealousy and understanding, are tested by the birth of an autistic child"--Provided by publisher.
Relates the story of a young man and a new minister who fifty years earlier encountered a terrible tragedy and while the minister renounces his ministry the young man leaves his hometown only to fight the demons inside of him with addiction, but these two men once again meet up and the young man realizes that revival has more than one meaning.
Learn all about MLK--from his early family life and experiences in education, to his untimely death and the worldwide mourning and riots that followed.
Autobiography of the Reverend Al Sharpton in which he discusses his preaching, his activism on behalf of his race, and his recent resolve to quit trying to solve racial problems on a case by case basis and become proactive, entering the political arena.
Interweaves the history of the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr.'s rise to fame and influence, exploring the complexities of King's relationship with the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, J. Edgar Hoover's relentless hounding of the civil rights leader, and King's anticipation of his own death.
