My children, Cailey, Maddie, and Aidan, endured me as I wrote this book. My wife, Anne, was a saint. It belongs to them as much as it does to me.
My heartfelt thanks to my
agent, Lee Hough, at Alive Communications; my editor, Dave Lambert;
my publishers, Matt Baugher and Mike Hyatt; Rick and Carol Bond;
Eric Broadbent; George and Marabel Baker; Nita Andrews; Father Jim
Lemler and the people of Christ Church Greenwich, Connecticut;
Father Jerry Smith and the people of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal
Church, Nashville; Jim Chaffee at Chaffee Management; Deborah
Royce; Les Clairmont; Gareth Higgins; associate professor of
theology Dr. Steve Guthrie and professor of English Dr. Robbie
Pinter at Belmont University; Nordeck and Mary Claire Thompson for
opening their beautiful home at Round Cove to me; and my friends in
Franklin and Nashville who have graciously received and loved my
family.
Finally, thanks to Chuck
Royce, Rick Woolworth,
Hillary Bercovici, and Rob Mathes, without whose friendship
my life would be sorely impoverished.