Through Jasper's Eyes: My Weekend on Death Row

Lipscomb, John

ISBN 10: 1632135264 / ISBN 13: 9781632135261

Published by eLectio Publishing (edition ), 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Through Jasper's Eyes: My Weekend on Death Row
• Publisher: eLectio Publishing (edition )
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1632135264
• ISBN 13: 9781632135261
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Through Jasper’s Eyes follows author John Lipscomb’s journey from the slow suicide of addiction to a life of love and redemption facilitated by a program sponsored by the Catholic Church called Residents Encounter Christ (REC). At his lowest, Lipscomb could never have guessed that God would lead him to death row and the true meaning of his existence.

The story culminates with the most improbable statement from the most improbable of people, Jasper, an inmate on death row. In his eyes were written the pain and sadness of an incredibly hard life, and yet after hearing Lipscomb’s story, he said, “Man, you got the saddest story I ever heard.”

How could that be? The truth seemed so far from Jasper’s statement. Lipscomb would leave the cold isolation of death row that evening and return home to the comfortable life he had built. How could Jasper say such a thing knowing his fate? How could he be so utterly mistaken?

This is the essence of Through Jasper’s Eyes: God’s love is vast, unknowable, and a gift that we receive in the most surprising of places. It is a story filled with pain, hope, inspiration, spirituality, and even a little light-hearted humor.

About the Author

John Lipscomb works with Steven Presson of the Corcoran Group south Florida, working in the luxury real estate business. He resides in Ocean Ridge, Florida with his wife, Adrianne, and their Yorkie, Holly. John co-authored his first book The Painting and The Piano with his wife Adrianne that provides him the opportunity to be of service to others and speak frequently about his experience, strength, and hope.