Toms Run

by Steve Bill Hanshew

History is a sequence of events from the past leading us to the present. Family History is where we came from and how we got here. More often than not those two paths converge and become a composite history we live each and every day, interacting with the world around us. This history forms and molds us into what we become and when we're gone, how we will be remembered, however fleeting that may be. For a Christian how we interact with the world is defined by Christ and should be a defining feature of our personality. Pointedly, we are to be both "salt" and "light". Salt preserves and light displaces darkness. This task has never been more difficult as we are slowly enveloped by a culture that preserves nothing good, extols the bad while seeking to snuff out the light. As believers we more and more find ourselves as Christ warned; hated and reviled, just as He was. At some nearly subliminal level I think many Americans feel this void as more and more of our culture seeks to eradicate God and replace it with secular Humanism. They feel the unnatural movement towards anarchy. It can be stopped or at least abated, only if we are willing to look at where we were and how we got here. This book attempts to retrace those steps leading to this amoral abyss.

550 pages, Paperback

Published September 21, 2016

Reviews

[Jackie Rogers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has taken me a long time to read this book. Is a big book of history. One families history through our country's history. Mr Hanshew reviews his ancestors to present day. Is full of details which did bog me down more than once. Is the journey of a new country and of faith. If you enjoy history and details you will like this book. Thanks to Goodreads.

[Mary Kluck · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good read!

My husband found the book a very interesting read on the life and times of the Hanshew family. I commend the time and effort that went into the years of research to complete this book.