Thank You!

Michael;

Thank you for giving away your book for Christmas. I picked one up at the News Herald and just got a chance to pick it up tonight as I had other things on my reading list.

I started it and finished it tonight. I could not put it down. It was an an enjoyable read, of course, but more than that, the message was touching. I cried when Chaplain John Jordan told ___________ who killed _________ that God would love him still and that the best he could do was to accept the responsiblity and grace that went with it for his actions, but God would love him no matter what.

It reminded me of penance, when I was growing up as a Catholic. As a child, I was forced to admit to my sins, though of course, as a child, I didn't think I truly had any, so I made them up. I received penance. So many Our Father's for whatever sin I said I did. For some reason while reading your book, I thought of this. That God doesn't really care how many Our Father's we may say, but that perhaps, by giving us a penance, he is taking away our own way of punishing ourselves. I know humans tend to punish themselves much more than others might.

Anyway, I adored how human John Jordan was. How perfectly human and flawed he was. I just got many of the books you have at the library on hold now. I am a fan.

Thank you,
A Reader in Panama City, FL