How Great is Absence?

The world is a complicated place. For humanity, it isn't all black and white. Worse, our grey areas differ. We face hardships in various ways. We respond to trials and joys from all ends of the spectrum. As Christians, though, we have to constantly ask ourselves how God sees things.

An Absence so Great is a book full of grey areas. Beautifully written by Jane Kirkpatrick, one cannot help being drawn into the fictionalized story of her own great-grandmother. Jessie Gaebele is a female photographer at the turn of the century, striving to make a name for herself and fulfill her dreams as an artist with a camera. And yet, she is constantly pulled back into emotions she cannot rid herself of.

Jessie lives a life in grey - and a life never fully devoted to her God. For while God matters, her dreams and emotions appear to matter more. For there is something much more important - and much, much harder - in life than following one's heart: Following God's heart.

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