The intense story tells of the two soldiers’ hardships, the fate of their rescuers and the struggle to fulfill one of the soldier’s promises by future generations. The soldiers, their descendants and those who protected them make sacrifices that consecrate the church grounds and make it a place where miracles occur and prayers are answered.
Can a man’s faith make a difference? Can a man’s word shape the future? The Cross on Cotton Creek, a novel that tells the tale of soldiers caught in the backwash of Sherman’s March to the Sea, answers those questions with an empathic YES! Wounded soldiers Dawes and McKenney are sheltered and nursed to health by a minister as a virtual Armageddon sweeps around them. Read how the sacrifices made by the soldiers and those hiding them consecrate the church grounds where they were sheltered. The old church becomes a place where miracles occur and prayers are answered. See how their devotion to their word and faith leaves a legacy to future generations of their families and all those that visit The Cross. When you’re done reading you’re sure to want to help paint The Cross on Cotton Creek
Major League ballplayer Justin Moore is kidnapped from his own ballpark and transported to a foreign land. It might take high-level international negotiations to free him. Or maybe he will take matters into his own hands.
South Baltimore serves as the backdrop for this gripping story of three brothers leading very different lives but joined forever by the secrets of a painful family past.
The deep-dive literary meditations presented as stories, poems, and essays in The American Poet Who Went Home Again, A Mosaic of My Soul at Work, have captivated and inspired readers ever since its first paperback publication in 2008.
