The story of one man's spiritual journey from childhood to life as a friar and priest to new life as a husband and father of six.From "Father-with-a-Hood to real, old-fashioned fatherhood." He does not lose faith when he gives up his holy garb, but rather his faith only deepens and grows with every day in the real, dirty, well-plowed field of family life. This book is mainly a testimony to unconditional love, God's great love which is discovered not so much in books as in people. This is their story, wonderful people struggling through all kinds of trials and tribulations.The author, from his kneeling perspective, is a kind of microphone to help us better hear the God in them, all of us so broken, wounded, hurting and needing forgiveness...and sharing forgiveness received. Another way to describe the author is to say he presents as a kind of "spiritual" Norman Rockwell, using a pen and laptop in place of a brush, squeaking sketches of Everyday Folks he has met along the way; "the Great Companions" he calls them, quoting Walt Whitman. These are his heroes, and he simply wants to tell the world their stories, people who have overcome great adversity with smiles and laughter...because of faith. They are the Greatness of the Church, Ever Present!!! It would do well for the Church to acknowledge them. So, the author would have you Laugh a lot - but with the best kind of laughter, that borne out of great suffering. This is most of all a book about JOY, that is, the Joy of St. Francis who said True Joy is what you have when everything seems to go against you...and you don't give up. Mike Robinson wants you to meet some people who found that secret.
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