Signs and Wonders Alex Adena 9781466219687 Books
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Annie Grace grew up as the daughter of a faith healing crusader who told her she could perform miracles. But 25 years later, after she has inherited her late father's ministry, Annie's only remaining belief is that she is a fraud -- a fear she must face when the district attorney confronts her about the ministry's past. As a pesky television reporter hounds her and a U.S. senator subpoenas her to testify before Congress, Annie is forced to reveal the truth to herself and to the world. When she does, mysterious things begin to happen. What is the meaning of these signs and wonders?
Signs and Wonders Alex Adena 9781466219687 Books
I wasn't sure about this book being a good Christian story when I began reading it. The lead character, Annie Grace, was waking up after a night of drinking, and there was a man coming out of her motel bathroom, and she couldn't remember his name. It creeped me out. As the story continues, I learn she inherited this ministry from her father, a minister who used her as a child to touch people and see them miraculously healed from whatever physical pain or disease he or she had. Unfortunately, her dad told her it no longer worked and she shouldn't touch people, so obediently, she stopped. Now as head, she was very depressed and angry that the ministry had big healing services with lots of props brought into suggest that healings were going on. Empty wheel chairs were staged.Annie was no stranger to leading a healing service. She knew all the right words and she prayed, but she felt guilty for bilking money from all the people who paid to come to these healing services. So at night, she drank and slept around.
I was disgusted. I wondered what the author was thinking by writing all this stuff. After all, I didn't want people to use this to show that she was evil--a phony Christian!
But I wanted to read a bit farther to see if she had a repentant heart and how God was going to use her healing gift to really do His work. She longed to give the money back to the needy! And I was right. God did have a plan in place and He used several things to bring her back into the realm of the Holy Spirit, which blessed me. I like how this author used this book to point out that God is still in the business of caring deeply for people with compassion. I hope you'll read it and find healing and comfort in this story like I did.
There is a sequel by Alex Adena which you'll also want to read. It's title is "Finding Grace."
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Signs and Wonders Alex Adena 9781466219687 Books Reviews
I did like this book, despite a cliched beginning Televangelist bilking followers out of millions, false faith healing in order to gain wealth, disillusioned kids, a charismatic leader who indulges in alcohol and sex because she no longer believes in what she is doing....but the gig is too lucrative to stop. The book goes back to her childhood, when she miraculously healed an employee's cut finger; a one-shot wonder, as she was never able to do it again. That did not stop her evangelist father from exploiting her, and promoting her as a hands-on faith healer. After his death, she continued the ministry, though she no longer believed in it. She does have a conciense, though, and deliberately refuses in put the cash from the revivals back into the ministry. Her employees betray her, and her secret is revealed She can't heal by the laying on of hands, and is accused of fraud.
Her gift returns, however, during the investigation and trial. Convicted of fraud, and sentenced to jail, she begins faith healing in the prison infirmary. The end. I turned the page, expecting more....and there wasn't any more.
The story should have gone on a bit further. What happens to the women she healed in prison--what did they think, when their injuries and illnesses were suddenly gone, without medical intervention? What did Annie do, when she got out of prison? Where did her life go from there? There was more to the story that should have been told, IMO.
What an honest, wonderful book concerning how sometimes good intentions can begin right but end up very false and dishonest. It is also a very controversial novella.
Reverend Grace discovered special gifts in his very young daughter - gifts he could commercialize on. But before he was able to exploit them, they seemed to disappear. Nevertheless, he decided to build his ministry on this premise anyway. His daughter, Annie, trusted her daddy and submitted to his wishes. Her brother, Benjamin, refused to be a part of the deception and left to live with a friend and go to public schools.
As Annie grew into adulthood, she became Miss Annie and continued to minister with her father. Now, her father was dead and a year later, Annie was a mess...Drinking and finding frequent new bed partners. She hated the farce her dad had created, yet, what else could she do for a living? She had home-schooled and had no other vocation.
Just like everything else in life, challenges arose and life took a definite turn...a couple of turns.
I do, personally, believe in miracles. Miracles happen every day but as a progressing society, we do not realize miracles as they "stare us in the face". Ask any elderly person if air travel, space travel, medical machines, laser technology, etc. are miracles. Ask most medical professionals if the functions of the body and organs are miracles.
I had a wonderful doctor and friend, who wasn't sure of he believed in God or what, once tell me a person cannot witness all things doctors often do without knowing there is supreme power.
In this story, people who are suppose to represent God, misuse that power and authority. Monetary accumulation and popularity become their primary goal. Trickery and deceit are used to accomplish their goals. Others trust in them is of no value.
I believe in healing. I also know in order to be healed; first, it has to be God's will, secondly, both the healer and the recipient has to truly have faith and believe they can be healed. As in Christ's, day, he and the apostles healed without accepting any monetary means. Also, as in His day, there were times an individual wasn't healed because of God's greater purpose... a purpose we humans cannot see with our "tunnel vision". We do not have the capacity to see the "big" eternal picture.
This is a story of love, devotion, deceit, cunning, sin, loyalty, trust, betrayal, redemption, restitution, and repentance. There is much one can learn from this story. Fortunately, there are sincere religious leaders as well as insincere ones. It is up to the individual to seek out truth for themselves.
I feel this novella could have had a stronger, smoother beginning but was still very well written. With my review, I offer this book a strong Four Stars rating.
A copy was provided, generously, by the author for an honest review of which I have given.
I wasn't sure about this book being a good Christian story when I began reading it. The lead character, Annie Grace, was waking up after a night of drinking, and there was a man coming out of her motel bathroom, and she couldn't remember his name. It creeped me out. As the story continues, I learn she inherited this ministry from her father, a minister who used her as a child to touch people and see them miraculously healed from whatever physical pain or disease he or she had. Unfortunately, her dad told her it no longer worked and she shouldn't touch people, so obediently, she stopped. Now as head, she was very depressed and angry that the ministry had big healing services with lots of props brought into suggest that healings were going on. Empty wheel chairs were staged.
Annie was no stranger to leading a healing service. She knew all the right words and she prayed, but she felt guilty for bilking money from all the people who paid to come to these healing services. So at night, she drank and slept around.
I was disgusted. I wondered what the author was thinking by writing all this stuff. After all, I didn't want people to use this to show that she was evil--a phony Christian!
But I wanted to read a bit farther to see if she had a repentant heart and how God was going to use her healing gift to really do His work. She longed to give the money back to the needy! And I was right. God did have a plan in place and He used several things to bring her back into the realm of the Holy Spirit, which blessed me. I like how this author used this book to point out that God is still in the business of caring deeply for people with compassion. I hope you'll read it and find healing and comfort in this story like I did.
There is a sequel by Alex Adena which you'll also want to read. It's title is "Finding Grace."
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