Tom Hallman's unexpected journey toward faith began with a routine assignment to write a feature peice for The Oregonian newspaper. He begrudgingly found himself in an African American church on a Sunday morning--out of place, uncomfortanble, and ready to leave from the moment he got there. But he accidentally found something he wasn't looking for: he saw faith and prayer in action. And that seeing stirred a curious hunger in him that he'd never known before.
Compelled by this initial experience, Hallman began to seek out men and women across the country who believed. And these people--whom he call his 'faith teachers'--became characters in thirteen stories of exploration. In this book, readers will meet ordinary people and be drawn into conversations that ask probing, almost intrusive questions--from the ache of a mother who watched her baby die after only twenty days of struggling for life to the peaceful strength of a man working with those whose present situations mirror his past. As the book and stories progress, two narratives unfold: Hallman's story and exploration of faith, and the stories of the people he met.
