Coming Home: Three Stories of Returning to Catholic Faith
By Robert Gordon Spencer
In this intimate and deeply human collection, Robert Gordon Spencer weaves three moving short stories about ordinary Americans rediscovering their Catholic faith in the aftermath of heartbreak, addiction, and loss. With gentle prose and a pastoral spirit, these stories offer a quiet invitation to grace-one that speaks to anyone who has ever wandered, doubted, or longed for something more.
In The Light Through Stained Glass, a divorced father rebuilding his life as a handyman finds healing in the simple beauty of an old church and the friendship of a devout widow.
The Quiet at the Crosswalk follows a grieving mother trying to make sense of faith after the sudden loss of her son. What begins as a desperate detour leads to unexpected peace at a small-town parish.
In The Man with the Rosary, a recovering addict battles old demons and discovers redemption through the quiet witness of another man, a weathered church, and a wooden rosary pressed into his hand.
Rooted in themes of mercy, hope, and second chances, Coming Home is a quietly powerful reflection on how God finds us not at our best, but precisely where we are.