Synopsis
2020 SILVER MEDALIST in E-LIT BOOK AWARDS for RELIGIOUS FICTION! Climb into the skin of Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus---unexplored biblical characters---and experience what happened to them as they become participants in the most world-altering story in the history of time---the crucifixion, entombment, and resurrection of Jesus Christ! ENCOUNTERS OF THE HEART, Book Two, brings fact and fiction together to fill in the blanks, calling biblical personalities to life for the 21st century! In the time it takes to have a cup of coffee, these bite-sized short stories allow you to experience "in-their-shoes" encounters with these identifiable, very human biblical figures . Not only will you see yourself in them, you will be transformed along with them in their understanding of themselves, others, and the never-extinguished love of God!Mary Magdalene…Joseph of Arimathea…Nicodemus…Cardboard biblical characters or real-life, historical personalities who were fractured, confused, and hungry for an encounter with Christ just like you?There’s more to the story than meets the eye! Have you ever wondered what may have happened between Jesus and Mary Magdalene that made her his ultimate devotee in Scripture? What caused her to adore him so much that she attended his mother at the crucifixion, endured the terrifying night-sky and earthquake, and resisted her personal pain to help in the washing of Jesus’ unspeakable wounds? What was it like to for her to have her dream and purpose die, be forced into a Sabbath (ar)rest, not knowing the next morning she would be a player in a story that would change the course of history? What was it that made Joseph of Arimathea willing to take down the body of the Jesus his peers had condemned to death, carry it to his newly mined tomb, then wash, wrap and lay it to rest on his own funeral slab? Why did Nicodemus, the Pharisee or all Pharisees, lay down his reputation by bringing spices and join a Sadducee (Joseph) in cleansing the body of Jesus? What exchanges----and transformations--- occurred between these two highly-religious leaders while washing and wrapping the body of Christ?What did Mary see and experience when the stone was rolled away before dawn that terrifying Easter morning? And after such a jubilant announcement, what made her later return in tears and unbelief, looking for the body she had been told was resurrected? Find out this and more in ENCOUNTERS OF THE HEART; There’s More to the Story Than Meets the Eye, Book Two!
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