
In 1944, in the small town of Paynesville, Minnesota, a 6-year-old boy dressed in a blue and white sailor suit went to school for the…
Just like that, my job was gone. Just like that, the futures of millions of girls were erased. I will never forget going to the…
They were young, maybe early 20s, with long beards and turbons and hard eyes. One of them pointed at me. You out here now. My…
I still believed in Allah. I was not converting. I was just looking. That is what I told myself. But I was lying to myself.…
No bed, no blanket, no light except what came from a small barred window high on the wall. The door slammed shut behind me. I…
I respect religious searchers. I respect sincere faith. But I have to tell you the truth that changed my life. Jesus Christ is the way,…

Autumn 1996, a quiet Missouri town. A boy on a red bicycle and a road that led into the woods, but never back. No struggle,…
There were five or six Taliban fighters in our house. They had already started tearing everything apart. Cushions thrown on the floor, cabinets opened and…
They were searching. They had interrogated my family, but my family knew nothing. They had questioned people at the execution, but the chaos had been…

Summer 2001. Lake Fern, Vermont. A family picnic ended in silence when two young sisters disappeared within minutes. No witnesses, no footprints, only a toy…





