With so little to celebrate during the Pandemic, we have been encouraged by remembering the 50th anniversary of the troubled—yet triumphant—flight of Apollo 13.

We hope that once again America’s scientific and technological prowess will pull victory out of the jaws of disaster.

In 2004, I published Visions of the Church, using the flight of Apollo 13 as a narrative thread to summarize 2,000 years of Church History.

Now is a good time to catch up on the history of both Apollo 13 and the history of the Church by reading Visions of the Church, available from Amazon either electronically or in hard copy. I’ll be glad to autograph your copy as soon as social distancing permits!

In its pages, discover ways that the troubled—yet triumphant—flight of Apollo 13 illustrates the experiences of the Church during the past 2,000 years:

St. Augustine charts the way to the City of God fueled by God’s Amazing Grace.

After the Church’s “Service Module” blows up, St. Francis of Assisi lives humbly in the Church’s fragile “Lunar Module.”

St. Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Wesley, and Charles Wesley show how to keep their “spaceship” (the Church) on course towards home.

Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mother Teresa restore the power of faith, hope and love to the Church’s “Command Module” just in time for the Church to face the fiery trials of the Third Millennium.

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My book Visions of the Church is published together with my book Visions of America.

These are visions of the ideal America first discovered in the hearts of Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Therefore, anyone can choose to be this type of American regardless of their religion, nationality or race.

In this ideal America, we:

   —seek a Promised Land where all people will be blessed

   —challenge Pharaohs who refuse to let all people be free

  —help all people who are hurting, regardless of their religion, nationality or race.

In its pages:

Admire George Washington for never giving in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Honor Abraham Lincoln for creating an America where liberty and union are one and inseparable, now and forever.

In these troubled times, draw upon the strength and courage of all those Americans who found the faith to keep seeking New Frontiers, even when it meant dying to help others.

As a “war of civilizations” threatens Humanity, read all my blogs (timharner.com) and all five of my books in the General Counsel Series to discover the civilization that is good, that is very good—the Promised Land.

The five books of the General Counsel Series are described in the “Book Gallery” of my website (timharner.com): The Promised Land; Healing the Promised Land; Hoping in the LORD; Lighting the World; and Visions of America, Visions of the Church.