Painting With Ashes

Michael Adam Beck

Are you looking for a book that clearly illustrates how God brings life out of death? That isn’t afraid to discuss gritty, raw, and unafraid to show authenticity, even when it’s not pretty? A book that allows mature readers to examine how far God will go to rescue a soul that is in peril? Check out Painting With Ashes by Michael Adam Beck. 

When a review copy arrived on my doorstep from Invite Press, I picked it up and began to read. I am the type of person that loves biographies, but has a hard time watching any suspenseful or traumatic scenes in movies. This book carefully balanced the stories of the beauty of redemption with the tales of horrific despair that the author experienced. It took me several months to finish the book, not because I found the book boring or unrelateable, but because I needed time to process all that the author experienced. This is not a book one can casually read. It is one that provides you with much to process, much to awake one’s awareness of the needs arounds us, and much to rejoice in as we see just how clearly God never leaves us in our horrors.

As I journeyed alongside the author, I was honored with reading how the pain in his life, which began early, contributed to the re-creation of a person that was renewed, redeemed, and sent forth in ministry to tend to others. To see how God kept alongside the author, continued to call him, and rescue him out of certain death reaffirms just how much God will continue to actively seek out those that seem unreachable. 

When you need a title to help you discuss and remember how God transforms and heals, grab Painting With Ashes. You’ll be changed in one of the best possible ways.