Short stories, whether based on reality or on the world of the imagination, tell us something about life. And the essence of life, according to the writer of these eight short stories, is that we live each day before the face of an all-powerful, transcendent God. That fact shines through the work of Christine Farenhorst. Each of her eight short stories, originally published in Christian periodicals and now collected in this volume, allow an aspect of God's will and ways to shine through.