The Ledge: How and Why We Should Boldly Confront the Struggles of Life

Do you balk in the thick of struggle? Do you experience defeat only because it is comfortable? Does fear riddle your life? Ultimately, you must ask a defining question: Do you fail to know and understand yourself and your divine purpose simply because you do not appreciate why struggle is a powerful influence?In The Ledge, writer and speaker James Johnson offers a comprehensive examination of our failure to be into possibility. He shares how tribulation either makes or breaks us. His insight as to how and why we should battle through times of tumult in order to be victorious champions is compelling.James tells a moving story about Timothy, his eight year old son, who stood upon a ledge and battled his fear to jump. The ending is quite unexpected. Did he jump? Did he survive? Did he thrive? This inspirational portrayal and analysis is an intellectual, emotional and spiritual mapping of humanity that proves why we must step boldly into the storms of life. In these pages you will discover:•Why most people experience defeat rather than victory•Why struggle and suffering are vital if you are to live with meaning and purpose•How and why tribulation is essential to knowing yourself, God and God’s will•How and why situations must occur differently if you are to be present to possibility•Why fathers must affirm sons and daughters through struggle and victory or defeatJames is the author of The End of Justice, a fresh perspective as to why Americans are the most incarcerated people in the world. He examined the lives of innocent people who withstood unimaginable suffering. The Ledge is a timely complement to his exposure of American injustice. As a father, former Army officer and one who intimately appraised the federal legal and penal systems, James is credentialed as an authority on the value of struggle.

A native of the Commonwealth of Virginia, James Bowers Johnson grew up in the Shenandoah Valley. His has four children: Cory, Heather, Timothy and Emma. Mr. Johnson was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French. He was a Distinguished Military Graduate with a Regular Army commission in the United States Army and served four years in the field of Military Intelligence. Upon completion of his military service, Mr. Johnson committed himself to extensive research into the Constitution, law, government, taxation, and banking and subsequently revoked any prior election of any federal status and benefits. After suffering the travesty that is a "trial" in the "American Justice" system, Mr. Johnson served another four-year tour of duty for his country in a federal prison for a crime he never committed. He continues to fight the conviction in the federal courts.