Footsteps of St. Peter

Mac has woven a moving narrative of Peter's early years, which leaves the reader aching for Book II of Footsteps of St. Peter.

-Laura Groves

Simon Peter is perfectly captured in Mac's book with such innovation and with great, believable description, just as he has done on stage for years.

-Dan Wielhouwer, Cornerstone University.

Mac McConnell has an incredible gift of bringing Bible characters alive through his writing and performances with a fresh taste of the scriptures. I can promise you that you will be rewarded for the investment you make in the Judean Chronicles!

-Dave Condiff, Strang Communications

I'm amazed at the way your characters become so down to earth and real. Once again you have taken one of our precious Biblical friends and made us understand what makes him so unique.

-Sandi Casteel

Mac has penned a marvelous and poignant story of Simon, a young man whose desire is to be all that he can be. He has taken the scriptures and brought them alive with all the sensitivity and beauty that life can hold. One cannot miss the parallels of our own lives in the life of this young man.

-Susan Gaines

Mac does it again! The Footsteps of St. Peter presents a pre- Apostle Peter that keeps drawing you in. Mac's insight into the everyday life of Peter is both humorous and serious, but always heartwarming. Another Mac-classic.

-Lou Lentini

FOREWORD

I've strolled the shores of the Sea of Galilee many times. The crisp air and rolling waves takes you back to the time when Simon himself walked those waters. Mac

McConnell's new book does the same. As you read his retelling of Simon's early life, you sense the presence of the land called Holy.

Having read and studied the scriptures for so long, I always find Mac's between-the-lines impressions absolutely refreshing. He has been telling the story of Simon Peter for over twenty years. In many ways, he IS Simon Peter. His own life is a story of transformation, just as surely as Simon became Peter and his life was changed from his own to God's.

The Footsteps of St. Peter is a constant dialogue, from the inner thoughts of a young boy to the boisterous talk you'd expect in a typical Jewish home from the first century. As I read through the first few chapters I forgot I was reading at all. Each scene came to mind instantly. Here's a man we can all identify with, or should.

Through his stage production, Mac has given hundreds of thousands of audience members a view of Peter's life. Now, through the written word, Mac challenges us to imagine the upbringing and early adulthood that would have prepared Simon Peter for that first calling on the seashore.

We see here a most unlikely candidate to ever be called St. Peter. What would his childhood have been like? How did he get along with his brother? How did he fit into the country-side community of Capernaum? What was he like when he courted his bride? How was he affected by hard-earned success? What would motivate him to drop those profitable nets for the promises made by an itinerant preacher?

Mac's narrative answers these questions and many more. Open this book and step onto the shores of the Galilee, and prepare for a life-changing experience not unlike that of Peter himself.

Larry L. Thompson

Fort Lauderdale, Florida