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On Every
Side
by Karen
Kingsbury
Multnomah Publishers,
2001
ISBN: 1-57673-850-7
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I love following Karen Kingsbury's
life journey through her books. In each book she writes a
dedication to her family, describing each member at that stage
of his/her life, and just makes me want to know them. She
also writes a letter to her readers at the end of each book,
and shows how much the stories and messages come from her
heart and from her God. Many of her novels have a starting
point in true stories, like this one.
Following the death of her beloved father, a religious freedom
fighter lawyer, Faith Evans faces continuous pressure in her
career as television news anchor to keep her personal faith
hidden, to appear unbiased and politically correct. While
tolerance is the keyword of the day, the only group not allowed
to speak freely is Christianity. This challenge peaks when
a lawsuit is filed in Faith's hometown ordering the city to
remove the Jesus statue that has been standing in a park there
for one hundred years. This statue has many fond memories
for Faith and many others, and the townspeople are prepared
to fight to keep it there.
However, they are up against a law firm that seeks to rid
society of religious symbols, and a young lawyer with a bitter
taste for revenge on the faith that once set him up for a
bitter fall. Jordan Riley, once a trusting 13-year-old Christian,
has stopped believing in a God who would let his mother die,
his sister be taken from him, and his best friend be lost
to him forever. He leads this battle to get rid of the landmark
where he once prayed, to keep other innocent people from falling
prey to the same false hope. He is not prepared for the spiritual
battle he is entering, as that same God is waiting to reveal
that he has not forgotten nor abandoned Jordan.
Kingsbury takes a news story that can happen in any one of
our cities and brings it home to each reader. How much do
we risk in order to defend our faith? What really is most
important to us? And do we really believe that God can intervene
in political situations, in people's lives, because of our
prayers? This book gives me a shot of courage. It is so well-written,
you'll just want to sing along with the song at the end.
~ Cindy
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