Necessary Heartbreak

An extraordinary journey back in time shows a struggling single dad that the faith hes lost is still aliveand stronger than ever. . . .

Michael Stewart has weathered his share of hardships: a troubled childhood, the loss of his mother, even the degradation of living on the city streets. Now hes raising his teenaged daughter, Elizabeth, on his own and doing the best he can at work and at home. But hes turned his back on his faiththat is, until the morning Michael and Elizabeth volunteer for a food pantry at their local church. While storing boxes in the basement, they step through a mysterious door . . . and find themselves in first-century Jerusalem during the tumultuous last week of Jesus Christs life. It is a dangerous and violent place, where doing what your heart tells you is right can get you imprisonedor worseand they are thankful to take refuge with a kind widow. But when they come face-to-face with Judas Iscariot and the condemned Christ himself, Michael realizes that before they can escape Jerusalem, he must experience historys most necessary and shattering heartbreakand that pain and loss must happen if Michael is to be set free: to live, love, and reclaim the blessings he has in the present day.