Flirty globetrotter Sybil badgers her friend Libby to travel along in seeking out the world’s “sacred places”—a monastery in Japan, a mountaintop in Africa, a mosque in Istanbul. Her footloose wandering far from family values costs her more than money.
But Libby can’t afford to travel, and she’s plagued by a different kind of restlessness. Grieving the recent death of the grandmother who raised her in their inner-city Minneapolis tenement now slated for demolition, Libby faces homelessness in both heart and habitation.
When Libby discovers a cryptic message from beyond the grave and an antique ring pointing to a mystery in an inner room of a mansion museum in North Dakota, she sets out on a quest of her own for the meaning of heritage and home.
Dear Reader,
You are being pursued by the God of the Universe, the One and Only, the Great Unlike who gave Himself for you. Doesn’t that suck the very air from your lungs? He is calling you to come to Him. Perhaps you’ve been longing to answer this call but, overwhelmed, you’ve responded by plunging into murky waters: a faux spirituality promising satisfaction for your metaphysical yearnings, or a sensuous lifestyle that submerges you in passions, or an academic intellectualism that buoys you up with facts filling your head but does nothing for your poor, broken heart.
No wonder we look for God in such pains and pleasures! He created us with three aspects that demand attention and for which we are each morally responsible: the mind, the will, and the emotions. The only lifesaver I’ve personally found to rescue me from drowning in all the possible lifestyle choices is the Bible, which is full of Jesus Christ. In the Word I find all I need for relationship with God: all the truth for my mind so that I can know Him, all the Holy Spirit strength for my will to do what He asks, and all the divine love of the Father poured into my heart so that I can in turn love.
Go to the Bible. Let God speak to you.
Deb Elkink
