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• Surgery
• Why Write a Story Like The Chronicles of Bren: Captured?
Surgery
Two years ago now I had major surgery – and did not tell anyone but a few close friends and family. There have been times when I wished I had told you. But that was then. This is now…and I am going to be having surgery and wanted you to know! Tomorrow (May 8) I will be undergoing surgery to repair a tear in my tendon in my right shoulder. I will be in a sling for two weeks and in rehab for the next few weeks. This makes playing the piano and leading worship a little more difficult – but the surgery must be done. I have been in tremendous pain for the past five weeks and have finally had enough. Would you pray for me and for my wife and for the surgeon and for a quick recovery? I cannot financially afford to be down for very long.
Thanks!
DJ
Why Write a Story Like The Chronicles of Bren: Captured?
I had certain activities that made me feel safe in high school. My basketball team (I was the only white guy!) made me feel protected when I was with them. After basketball practice I would spend several hours playing the piano at home. For some reason I could simply hear something on the radio and then sit down and play it. There was great enjoyment for me there, getting lost in the music…and in that place, no one could touch me – at least for a little while.
But then I had to go to sleep every night as a boy. In many ways, I dreaded those times because I felt so hopeless…but an amazing thing happened to me every night in my dreams for many years. From the time I was a young boy of perhaps ten until I was well into my twenties, I experienced the same dream each and every night…and those dreams gave me hope each and every morning when I woke up.
Each night found me dreading the next day and having to face all the torment and shame once again…so as I fell to sleep, that was on my mind. But as my dread gave way to dreams, my life took on a whole new realm of existence. In those dreams I lived on the starship Enterprise! My dad was none other than Captain James Tiberius Kirk. Each night for all those years I found myself captured by some alien band of creatures who seemed determined to put me to death. Just as I was about to be put to death each night, my dad – Captain Kirk – would materialize with his phaser set to destroy and not to stun – and he rescued me each and every time! For all those years I woke up feeling a sense of relief and rescue and somehow from that found the hope I needed to face another day!
Why write a story like The Chronicles of Bren: Captured? Because I want to provide that same sense of hope to other young men and women who read my books. My joy would be to bring them hope and peace in addition to a plain old grand adventure! Below are the first three chapters of Book One: Captured. Just in case you’re wondering, Book Two: The Chronicles of Bren: Sacrifice is with the editor even as you read this! Read on and see if you can catch a glimpse of my vision for this book series…and then, if you wouldn’t mind, tell others about how they can find a little hope and a little adventure themselves.
To purchase a paperback copy of Book One, go to http://dennisjernigan.com/
To purchase an eBook version, simply go to http://www.amazon.com/
