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St. Fred's is not your typical church. On the surface it seems like any other declining congregation struggling to hold its own in a decaying neighborhood, frustrating the efforts of its burned-out pastor, Carla Donovan. But something strange is going on, suggesting to Carla that her work is far from over.
Isabella Ruiz shows up hoping for a quick food handout one night for her and her deaf daughter, Miranda. As Isabella and Carla talk, three-year-old Miranda wanders down to the basement of St. Fred's and splashes in water bubbling up in the bottom of an abandoned swimming pool. Something happens for the very first time...she can hear!
Carla, already skeptical, comes under fire from St. Fred's church board for letting in riffraff. She is discouraged, ready to leave the ministry.
Then another healing occurs in the pool. Now crowds clamor to be allowed into the basement pool, which is inexplicably filled with gurgling water. Carla begins to doubt her own doubts after a third miracle occurs. And the church board insists that Carla resign from the only place of ministry that would have her in the first place. But before Carla can even begin to sort through her own tattered faith (and life), violent threats lead to an attempt on her life.
Carla discovers that her greatest danger may not be from those outside St. Fred's, but perhaps from someone within the church, who wants the truth—buried beneath the miracle pool—to be concealed.
But what is the truth?
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About the Author
Paul Nigro is president of a manufacturing company and author of two novels, Q (RiverOak, 2002) and Bethesda (RiverOak, 2003), written for the hordes of hollow-eyed bookstore perusers who scour the shelves but can find nothing worth reading. His varied background makes him something of an authority on the deepest needs of everyday people to whom he has spoken from both pulpit and printed page.
As for the personal stuff people want to know: Paul is married to a spunky redhead who gobbled up the first drafts because "I actually liked them, honestly!" They live in spectacularly wholesome Rock Hill, SC, with their two routinely astonishing children, Julia and Vinny.
Current Titles: Q and Bethesda
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- PublisherDavid C. Cook
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1589190068
- ISBN 13 9781589190061
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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