In these pages, you will meet:
A husband and wife whose mutual infidelities threatened to tear their marriage apart.A materialistic couple whose professional success could not fill the emptiness of their hearts.A marriage that began lovingly but nearly ended in divorce as a result of a gambling addiction.A husband whose addiction to pornography devastated his wife and family.These powerful stories of redemption truly celebrate marriage as a covenant of God s love. They will fill your heart with hope and give you the faith to persevere in times of difficulty. Experience the amazing renewal God can work in the lives of ordinary couples.
Jeff Cavins served as a Protestant minister for twelve years before returning to the Catholic faith. His story is chronicled in his autobiography, My Life on the Rock (Ascension Press). Jeff is best-known as the founding host of the popular EWTN television program ìLife on the Rock.î With Matthew Pinto, he is the co-creator of the Amazing Grace series. Jeff is also the creator and principal author of The Great Adventure, a popular Bible study program. His newest book, Iím Not Being Fed: Discovering the Food that Satisfies the Soul (Ascension Press), was released in September, 2005. Jeff and his wife, Emily, reside in Minnesota with their three daughters.
Matthew Pinto is the author of the best-selling question-and-answer book Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons? (Ascension Press), and is the creator of the Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards series. Matt is co-founder of several Catholic organizations, including CatholicExchange.com and Envoy magazine, and the creator, with Jeff Cavins, of the Amazing Grace series. Matt and his wife, Maryanne, live in Pennsylvania with their five sons.
Patti Maguire Armstrong is the mother of eight children. She worked in the fields of social work and public administration before staying home full-time to raise her children. As a freelance writer, Patti has written more than 400 articles for both secular and religious publications. She has authored the book Catholic Truths for Our Children (www.raisingcatholickids.com) as a guide to help parents pass on the Catholic faith to their children, and served as co-editor of Amazing Grace for the Catholic Heart and Amazing Grace for Mothers. Patti and her husband, Mark, live in North Dakota, where they home school their children through high school. They are also raising a foster child from Kenya.