The Confession

by Robert Ladd

Overview

Rachel Walker has lost one of the most precious gifts in this world: the will to live. Two days before Christmas her husband dies in an automobile accident. A short time later she suffers the loss of another one.

In time, her outlook goes from grey to black. Depression sets in. Despair. then, for reasons even she cannot explain, she casts her fate on one last act: she goes to Confession. But there is nothing, absolutely nothing, that can prepare her for what she finds there.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015498257
Publisher:	Sun Literary
Publication date:	09/21/2012
Series:	Rachel's Confession , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	231
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

My father was a good man. He was kind, funny and generous to a fault. I loved him, as did a great many people who knew him, including my mother, three brothers and a wide circle of friends, relatives and grand-kids. At age 69 he fell ill with cancer. At age 73, after a long, hard battle, he died of his disease. By the end, he’d lost half his body weight. He couldn’t eat, he couldn’t drink, he couldn’t sleep. It was excruciating to watch him literally waste away before our very eyes. At his funeral, my 8-year-old daughter asked, “What kind of God would allow Grandpa to suffer like that?”
I was stuck by her question for two reasons: she didn’t want to know why suffering exists; she wanted to know what kind of God allows good people to die in pain. At the time I had no answer, so I went in search of one. And I found it. It took me eight years, and in the process I wrote the fictional trilogy entitled “Rachel’s Confession.”
“Rachel’s Confession” is the story about one woman who, like me, went in search of answers. Ultimately her search takes to the Confessional, where she literally meets God face-to-face. It’s strange, but before my father died, I never considered myself religious. My wife and our three kids went to church on holidays and the occasional wedding or funeral. But when I went in search of an answer to the question “Why do bad things happen to good people?” I was pulled, as if by an invisible string, toward the church. I ignored the calling for quite some time, but finally relented and soon found myself reading and understanding things that went straight to the heart of my grief. In short, I found answers to one of life’s difficult questions and, in the end, discovered a sense of peace I once thought impossible.
Am I a man of faith today? Yes. Do I try and convince people that having faith is the answer to their questions about suffering? No. I think we’re all on different paths. Some better than others, but ultimately I think it’s a path we all take. Sooner or later we all know someone – a good person – who suffers for no reason. My fervent wish is that whoever reads these books will be helped in some small way to see past the pain in their life and find the strength to carry on.
If it does, I'd love to hear from you! We'll all on this journey together.

Editorial Reviews

"If you have ever wrestled with the question 'Where was God when?" then allow Rachel's story to take your imagination on a journey toward healing. It is a great novel of one woman's voyage from extreme tragedy to experiencing peace in the very presence of God."
(Church of the Resurrection is the largest Methodist Church in the United States.)

Church of the Ressurection Guide to Good Books - Rev. Molly Simpson

"If you like 'The Shack' then you'll love Rachel's Confession."
Dave Robertson is Director of Community Life at Church of the Resurrection, the largest Methodist Church in the United States.

Church of the Resurrection Guide to Reading - Dave Robertson

"Rachel's Confession is our confession...in reading of her life, you'll discover a new life of your own."
Rev. Todd is Sr. Pastor of Bonner Springs United Methodist Church

Books Worth Reading - Rev. Jan Todd