Bernier seeks to build on the framework of foundational truths found in Hebrews 6: 1-3: repentance from dead works, faith toward God, instructions about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Bernier challenges readers to see parenting as the ultimate spiritual challenge, worthy of their best efforts, fervent prayers, and the largest investments of time.

Generations of families drove past those old, creepy stone cottages in the Sockanosset neighborhood of Cranston Rhode Island. And generations of terrified children were put on strict notice -- misbehave, and you might find yourself locked up in that terrible "Bad Boys School." The Class of 1969 is the story of one of those children who was not only threatened like so many other kids his age, but due to chronic behavioral problems brought on by a childhood full of loss and poverty, found himself incarcerated at Sockanosset - formally known as the Rhode Island Training School. There, he would...