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All Things Hidden
Ellen Jones gets a disturbing call from her elderly fathers neighbor and must face the fact that her fathers (Lawrences) mind is slipping and hes reached the stage where hes not safe living alone. Lawrence is having trouble remembering many thingsjust not the one thing hes held against Ellen for nearly forty years! Knowing she doesnt have the patience to deal with Lawrences crushing criticism and wouldnt survive a week under the same roof with him, Ellen (and her husband Guy) pair up their fathers to share an apartment in a retirement community, thinking its the ideal way for each to transition from independent living. But the plan backfires and Lawrence wanders off and ends up at the scene of a murderand may be the only eyewitness! Is what he tells police reliable? How can anyone be sure when his short-term memory is scrambled with the past? But the killer doesnt know that!
Meanwhile, her son Owen starts getting phone calls from a stranger who claims he has something that belongs to Owen, something he needs to come take a look at. But when Owen refuses to meet the guy unless he gets more specific, the mans tone changes and he decides to do things his own way.
What happens next is shocking and life changing for the entire familyand ultimately produces a surprising answer to Ellens desperate pleading with God to help her love her father.
Based on Galatians 6:7, All Things Hidden is a story about the inevitable consequences of sinand a loving God who uses even our deepest failings for good.
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