The truth will set you free!

Or, will it? If someone knew your deepest darkest secrets, would the revelation set you free? Or would it entrap you forever in bondage.

Written by Harlan Coben, one of today’s top suspense authors, the novel The Stranger provides an intriguing look into the world of truth and deceit. How would you react if a perfect stranger approached you and revealed a life-shattering secret about your friends or family? Would you believe them? Could you bury your doubts? This is the dilemma faced by Adam Price, when a total stranger rocks the foundation of his seemingly perfect American-dream family.

This is the first Coben book I have read. I have heard much positive feedback with regards to Coben’s writing and The Stranger did not disappoint. His development of believable and relatable characters set the stage for a riveting read. I found his writing to be both entertaining and thought-provoking. I especially liked his reflection on how we seek the “American Dream,” when in reality dreams are so fragile and fleeting upon awakening.

For me, the ending of the story was unexpected, yet, slightly disappointing. Perhaps, this is appropriate given the fragility of our dreams in light of the overwhelming power of the truth. You’ll just have to see for yourself what your think. But, I don’t think you’ll regret the time you invest to devour this story.

‘Till next time!

Welcome back faithful readers . . . oh wait, I went away. Well, not literally. I’ve actually been deeply engaged in a major writing project. At last, I’m back. If you attend Engedi Church here EEEin Holland, you may get the opportunity to read, and hopefully benefit from, this creative pause. For the rest of you, thank you for patiently waiting. I mentioned this project, back in May, in my blog on teaching through fiction versus non-fiction. So, after nearly four months studying dozens and dozens of Bible passages and writing over 40,000 words (one teaching lesson and twenty-five devotional style readings) the project is done! Well, there’s still some editing to do, but the bulk of the work is done.

As much as I have enjoyed writing this discipleship curriculum, I am very excited to get back to working on Book #2 in the Unseen Dominion series. Not to mention rekindling my social presence among my outstanding readers and social media friends. My creative tank is in desperate need of refilling. This may seem like an odd statement, but for creative types, being actively involved in the creative process is life-giving and much needed. There is a great blog post about the Creative Personality, which I read a few months ago, that lays out some of the quirks with us creative types. As I’ve stepped away from the highly creative “novel” world, to the structured creativity of writing a biblical study (getting too creative with a biblical discipleship curriculum would be frowned upon), I have encountered multiple of the creative traits addressed in the blog.

Anyway, I’m back. And, I have a few books to write reviews for, which I read during this time away. So, stay tuned for some book reviews and updates on the editing and pre-publishing process for Restoration's Journey, the sequel to In The Image of Man.
‘Till next time.