"No Less Faithful" by Marcus Farris. A Review
In just a few short weeks my wife and I will be celebrating 45 years of marriage. I state this, not because we're better and more "with it" than others. It really has been two sinners saved by grace who are bound together. But I say this to point out, in many ways I have never experienced what Marcus Farris - Post Traumatic Growth Director for Mission 22 (an organization dedicated to supporting veterans and their families) and former Army Engineering officer - experienced. Farris chronicles the inner details of his soul and mind during his painful divorce in this 132-page paperback, "No Less Faithful: How the Scars of Divorce Reveal the Heart of God" published in 2021. As the author asserts, "God never wastes pain" (ix) and his story shows what he means. The book exhibits the inner chaos, the mental storm, the messy soul that comes surfaces in a crisis like an imploding marriage. Everything from the self-inflicted gut-punch (so to speak) to the faith...