The bright yellow cover of Joellen Saddock's book "Christian Awakening" catches my eye. It depicts a dandelion, so I expect exuberance and hope. But I receive even more. Inside the pages, biblical references support an easy direct style. Some of the citations are familiar, (John 3:16), some less so, and some are the same verse from a different translation of the holy text. Clearly, this is a book to be studied, appreciated and, you know, 'thought about'. But I'm impatient. Throwing caution to the wind, I dash past the citations and take the author at her word.That's when the magic begins.

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Through the printed page, I am eye to eye, heart to heart with a woman of faith, her busy builder husband, and kids doing homework at the kitchen table. A woman who possesses the vision to build a scalar healing system above her garage. She engages me, pointing to how often eleventy-three different bibles quote the creator, saying - "Love me? Stop killing! You didn't 'get' reincarnation? What about The First Adam! The Last Adam! Elijah, John the Baptist. So try manifesting! I do it when I'm helping my son with his homework." Hmm. Subtle shift. Like the old TV show. Will the real creator please stand up?

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With loins now girded, I follow the author as she shines the testaments on the remnants of thought systems from sacred to cringe-worthy. I see contradictions more clearly, the brood of vipers as not just a metaphor. This book is a challenging and rewarding read. Then, a busy time makes me reserve the last seventeen pages for a quiet afternoon. I read carefully, often rereading. I close the book.On the cover, the dandelion is in full seed, the corona about to burst open from the Eternal Child's ecstatic breath. Seeds of wisdom will fly everywhere.

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That's when I realize I have just witnessed the moving of a mountain. If this resonates, perhaps a copy of Christian Awakening will soon grace your shelf.