In his eighty-third year of life, Dr. Jerry Flora offers his reflections on life and faith on the pages of Into Your Hands: Memoir and Witness. This collection of essays is filled with nuggets of truth and hope for those who desire to follow Christ. Throughout his musings, Flora reminds his readers of the truth of Pelikan's words: "If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen, nothing else matters."Yet he also writes of the need for believers to hurl themselves into the hands of Christ, who catches and holds and flings us forward into the heart of God. He acknowledges...

"We are not lost for wand'ring, for by your light we come; and we are still God's people, the journey is our home." Thus writes the hymnist Ruth Duck, and thus live Jerry and Julie Flora, followers of God in Christ. The story of their marriage and ministry began in a thunderstorm, with mortuary fans stirring the sultry air. They obediently followed the call to early pastorates, opened their home to two beautiful daughters, and answered the Spirit's nudge to the halls of the seminary. Now in retirement, they greet each new sunrise "like the first morning." Prepared as a gift for family, these...