ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
MARK ANDREW OLSEN whose novel The Assignment was a Christy Award finalist, also collaborated on bestsellers Hadassah (now the major motion picture: One Night With the King), The Hadassah Covenant, and Rescued. The son of missionaries to France, Mark is a graduate of Baylor University. He and his wife, Connie, live in Colorado Springs with their three children.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Just below the surface among the family of God lives another family tree--one traced in spirit, invisible and ageless, known as the Watchers. For two thousand years they've seen beyond the veil separating this world from the next, passing on their gift through a lineage mostly overlooked. Throughout history they've scouted the borders of the supernatural frontier, but now their survival hangs by a thread. And their fate lies in the hands of a young woman, her would-be killer, and a mystery they must solve....
"Congratulations. You just reached my own little corner of cyberspace.
Who am I?
Abby Sherman, that's who.
Who are you? And why are you checking me out?
Drop me a few pixels, and let's find out!"
With that innocent invitation, Abby Sherman unwittingly steps in the crosshairs of history, and thus begins her harrowing tale--taking her from ocean-front Malibu to the streets of London, the jungles in West Africa, the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, and to the very gates of heaven itself!
A sneak preview of eternity becomes her one-way ticket to danger--and discovery….
Two lives collide in a globe-circling adventure involving both peril and discovery: Abby, a young woman whose visions of heaven turn her into a Web-celebrity; and Dylan, a troubled young man sent by an ancient foe to silence her. From California beachfronts to Nigerian rain forests to Jerusalem and back again, THE WATCHERS is high-octane blends of action, mystery, and spiritual battle spanning centuries.
A woman's awe-inspiring vision launches her on a quest through distant lands and ancient history, face-to-face with eternity and into the arms of a family line on the brink of annihilation...
A man who is hired to exterminate her discovers the folly of blind loyalty, then learns how to wage war in a realm he never believed had existed...
An extraordinary saga of the unseen war against evil, the reality of the supernatural, and the transforming power of forgiveness.
ENDORSEMENT:
"A writer who can take your breath away with a single sentence. A welcome, fresh voice that must be read!"--Ted Dekker
6 comments:
This book sounds great. Hey I noticed on another site that you said you had put something in the bulletin. Was that a church bulletin?
Hi Sharon. Yes, I am the assistant to the Pastor at my church and I make up the bulletins each week. I'm always looking for tidbits and clip art to make them more interesting and memorable.
I do the bulletin at my church. I use my Hallmark Christian card program and then add verses or things that I have found on the web. I enjoy it when the bulletin cover matches up with what the pastor is preaching. Lets me know I heard God when I was putting the bulletin together. I don't get paid to do it, so sometimes i get a little tired of it. But people seem to enjoy them, so i will keep doing them for a while longer.
That's cool. I just use a MS template that we have set up with our logo on it and add in special offerings and announcements. On the back sheet I made up a weekly calendar with our events and birthdays. That way, I hope, they'll keep the bulletin all week to make sure they see everyday what is going on. I like to see my covers line up with what my Pastor is preaching too. It goes with my job now but before I did it for fun. Think of it as a ministry because it may be the only 'Jesus' new people take home with them. God bless you.
I so agree. It is a ministry.The inside of our bulletin is filled with a salvation list on the left side and on the right is a prayer list for our families and the prayer request they bring in. The back is usually something thought provoking although this Sunday I put some church humor on it. I enjoy writing- so sometimes I put on some of the things I have written. I don't put my names on these because I don't want them to think i am promoting myself.
It's interesting how every church is a little different in how they do things. God sure has a sense of humor and likes diversity, I think.
I don't think it's wrong to put your name on the bulletin. It is a gift that God has given you. If you show that you are using that gift by putting your name with it, it'll will allow others to step out and shine like sons and daughters of God. That would not be pride or self-promotion. God has made some beautiful-looking faces and they can't hide or deny it. Don't deny the gift He's given to you.
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