Behind SECOND BLESSING

[John]

THE FREE DICTIONARY defines Second Blessing as “Sanctification of a Christian believer, considered as a gift of the Holy Spirit given after conversion and sometimes thought of as rendering the believer incapable of committing sin.” The Second Blessing doctrine is a part of Methodism linked to John Wesley.

That’s the foundation of my book, except with artistic license. (Switching Mildred Stanford Hayes, the stereotypical Southern lady, is a hardcore believer. There’s a secret in the past able to shake her belief.

The book opens with revival. Mildred knows it will be a disaster. Francis Paul Day, an ex-junkie, is the speaker. She snorts. “If matters aren’t horrible enough, that heathen has the same christened name as my beloved son!” The night ends with open Communion with “that heathen” assisting. Mildred takes Communion first and chokes on the Host.

Which begins her road to recovery.