Full name: The Reason: A Novel

Author: William Sirls Year: 2012 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Christian fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781525228377 9781401687366 1525228374 1401687369

WHAT DOES GOD LOOK LIKE? Welcome to southeast Michigan and the small town of Carlson where faith, hope, and struggle are defined by the different faces of those who live there. An addict that sits at a bar to forget. A mother whose five-year-old boy has leukemia. Two doctors. An atheist haunted by his past and a brilliant young oncologist that places all her hope in the power of modern medicine. A blind pastor whose son hasn't spoken a single word in thirty-eight years. But the minister sees by faith. He knows there are answers and believes that someone who cares is watching-someone with a greater purpose. Yet there is something he doesn't know...that none of them know. In the midst of the ordinary and the devastat-ing, there is a reason these lives will be changed forever. Lightning is about to strike. The Reason opens with a thunderbolt and never lets up as it introduces us to everyday characters who are wrestling with questions: Where is God when bad things happen? Does God ignore the prayers of the faithful? The answer each character receives will astound readers while offering an unforgettable call to hope, to change, and to believe. Similar books: The Sinners' Garden by William Sirls Dogwood by Chris Fabry A Promise to Remember by Kathryn Cushman The Beach House by Sally John Take One by Karen Kingsbury The Curate's Awakening by George MacDonald After Anne by Roxanne Henke Full Circle by Davis Bunn By the Light of a Thousand Stars by Jamie Langston Turner The Note by Angela Elwell Hunt Where Do I Go? by Neta Jackson This Side of Heaven by Karen Kingsbury The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Caught by Neta Jackson Back Home Again by Melody Carlson No Dark Valley by Jamie Langston Turner Forgiven by Karen Kingsbury Long Way Gone by Charles Martin Unbreak My Heart by Rhonda McKnight Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert