25/05/2024
MEET THE MEN WHO MADE THE SERIES:
The Great Smoky Mountains: That unique region where Tennessee and North Caroline meet and the ‘Smokies’ beckon to the soul of a man to come and lose himself and his troubles in the beauty and tapestry of these compelling mountains. In this delightful setting, six men experience a love that changes their lives forever. Some of them know the Lord as their story begins, and some of them do not. Those who do know Him learn how to trust Him even more, and those who do not know Him come face-to-face with a God whose love they can't refuse. Read the little descriptions below to get to know the men who made the series.
Book 1: SET FREE TO LOVE is the story of private detective MADDISON HOLT, who is on the most important journey of his life: It is a journey from grief, guilt, self-incrimination, & an inability to love - to a place where he can be set free from those bondages and finally give himself to loving and being loved. But when an assassin's bullet threatens to cut his life short, he finds that he must also help the woman he loves to push aside her own fears and take a chance on loving him.
Book 2: CAMERON'S RIB is the story of PASTOR CAMERON MCDANIELS. After several years on the mission field, he now serves Prince of Peace Church in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He is a dedicated servant of God, and he is also a man in love – with a woman who is too hurt and confused by a traumatic loss to even consider loving him. He's depended on God's Word to fight his battles and win them throughout his life of ministry. Now he must learn how to use that Word to help him win the love of the woman he believes is supposed to become his wife. But in the meantime, he must find a way to save her life.
Book 3: REPARIED BY LOVE introduces us to LIONEL BUTLER who is convinced he will never believe in God. Due to much grief and serious issues with unforgiveness in his heart, Lionel finds himself sorely tried when he meets and falls in love with Kana Wallace, a devout Christian, who cannot allow herself to enter into a relationship with him. His feelings for her gradually bring him to the place of questioning his own resistance to God and to finally seeking answers that may require him to let go of his grief, anger, and bitterness. He struggles to find his own way to God and then to help a father he's hated all his life to do the same.
Book 4: JONAH'S SONG is the story of PROFESSOR JONAH MCDANIELS, handsome, reclusive violinist/conductor. He is used to girls in his college classes having a crush on him. But he has never felt anything in return until he meets Valentina Rosswell. Even then, he pushes his feelings aside, knowing there are too many barriers to a personal relationship between them. But when he meets her again seven years later and realizes that what he felt for a college girl has matured – just as the girl has matured into a beautiful, desirable woman – he still does his best to resist falling in love. Focusing on everything from his age to his very formal, even stuffy personality, he considers himself totally unacceptable as a lover and a husband for Valentina. His serious injuries from a plane crash further insure his feelings of inadequacy. The Lord must use some strong words and even stronger love – and the delightful story of Ruth and Boaz – to knock some sense into Jonah's hard head.
Book 5: THIS FIRE IN MY HEART introduces THOMAS BLAZE OF GOD ROSS. Full-blooded Cherokee, Blaze is a master craftsman, in wood, leather, and metal. He runs a large craft and trade center in Cherokee, NC, and he spends a good deal of his time sharing the Gospel, both in his home area and across the country as the Lord leads. His love for his native people and all they have suffered is a primary force in his life as he works to help renew understanding of the Cherokee language and artisan crafts. His love for Joy McDaniels, who knows virtually nothing of Cherokee history or culture causes him to struggle. Joy's feelings of being inadequate as the wife he will need stands in the way of Blaze's having the desire of his heart. He must learn to let go of his own understanding and lean on the Lord's counsel in order to prove to Joy that she is the one the Lord has had in mind for him all along.
Book 6: GRACE FOR ATTICUS brings us into the life of DR. ATTICUS ST. JOHN, abortionist. Originally proud of his work and the important help he feels he offers his patients, Atticus has his whole life turned upside down by a beautiful Cherokee woman who loves God and denies Atticus' right to terminate the lives of unborn babies. Atticus has never believed in God, but he does believe in love, and he cannot restrain his own heart from falling in love with Grace. But her unflinching dedication to God and His hatred of abortion rocks Atticus' world as nothing else ever has. As he learns to love Grace, he has to recognize that He must face the question of God with an honest heart. But in the midst of his searching, he comes face-to-face with a life-threatening emergency that tries, not only his medical skill, but his very soul – and throws him headlong into spiritual truths that will change him forever.
