![]() ![]() What John doesn’t tell Carl then, and tries not to tell anyone, is that he’s started having visions himself. They have very little to say to each other, partly because John is polished and news-perfect all the time, while Carl has little patience with anyone who isn’t real. At his funeral, John reconnects with his own estranged teenage son, who is searching for meaning. Then, suddenly, he dies–ostensibly in an accident at the warehouse he owns. He confronts his father, who tearfully tries to tell him that he must say what God gives him to say, even if nobody listens. John is embarrassed when this very thing is captured on film, and it turns into a riot. His father is what John considers a religious zealot: he’s one of those guys who shows up at political rallies and preaches against abortion. He was once a Christian, but walked away from his faith long ago. In terms of career, he’s on top of his world. The story follows John Barrett, top news anchor in his city. Peretti’s stories definitely do not have that problem, or at least not the two I’ve read recently. So often the authors feel so strongly about their message that the story and characters suffer in service to it. I love when I find Christian authors that manage not to be cheesy. ![]()
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