Resumo de The Traveler - Vic and Eva Zarley

The Traveler by Vic and Eva Zarley may be unlike any Christian fiction book you?ve ever read. The protagonist, Rich Davis, is surfing on the Internet one afternoon when suddenly he is confronted with the Traveler, a mysterious Christian mentor, who proceeds through the remaining chapters of the book to enlighten Rich with amazing graphics and his calm and peaceful demeanor all illustrating deep Christian principles.

Shari, Rich?s wife, never meets the Traveler but indirectly enjoys his benefits as her husband gradually learns to see things through a different lens, a different light. We learn that she is a teacher, but in time, she realizes her life?s dream?to become an artist. As a subplot to Rich?s story, Shari lands a contract to paint for Mr. Fischi of the famous Fischi World Aquariums. She finds herself painting worldview pictures through the eyes of Goldie, her pet goldfish. All the pictures are, naturally, distorted but they fit perfectly on the walls of the many franchised Fischi World Aquariums.

Rich truly enjoys his time on the computer interacting with the Traveler, who shows him that beneath the chaotic world of appearances there resides a firm foundation established by God. Rich appreciates the many graphic illustrations and discussions with the Traveler. It reminds him of Ray Bradbury?s Martian Chronicles which made him feel as if he had truly explored the red planet when he had read that book as a child. As the Traveler shared things like the meaning of true forgiveness versus the world?s view of forgiveness, Rich felt as if he were an explorer, traversing the depths, the rocks, the quagmires of Christianity, never knowing exactly where the Traveler would take him or how, emotionally and spiritually, he?d handle what he found.

Christian ideas covered in this short book of only 133 pages, in often poetically charged text are:

1. What is everlasting and ?real?, according to God, and what is temporal (a mere wink in eternity) on this earth?

2. How are others somehow mirrors of us?

3. How do we try to make this world Heaven for us? What are the ramifications of that?

4. How can we return control of our lives to God? Why would we want to do this?

5. What are the dangers of judgments we may make on others?

6. Is it true that we are still hiding from God today even though our ancestors have long ago been kicked out of the Garden of Eden because they rebelled and did this?

7. Do we play a game of Wac-A-Mole in this world, constantly whacking at erupting irritating moles that appear to be gone but continue to pop up incessantly, plaguing our lives?

8. How is this world similar to Halloween? Do we have ghosts and goblins from the past haunting us? Do we worship death in its many forms?

9. What is the world?s view of forgiveness and how is its conditional manner extremely detrimental to our Christian walk?

10. What is true forgiveness and how does one obtain the trust in the Lord that is necessary in order to have it?

You will truly appreciate The Traveler, not wanting it to come to an end because, through the emotional and spiritual bonding that occurs due to the dynamic poetic elements utilized by the authors, you will come to think of him as a wonderful friend and counselor who drew you even closer to the Lord. You will want to read this book again and again and may even be drawn to study it with a group of friends.

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