The Dog Who Was There (Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction)

About this book

No one expected Barley to have an encounter with the Messiah. He was homeless hungry and struggling to survive in first century Jerusalem. Most surprisingly he was a dog. But through Barley s eyes the story of a teacher from Galilee comes alive in a way we ve never experienced before. Barley s story begins in the home of a compassionate woodcarver and his wife who find Barley as an abandoned nearly-drowned pup. Tales of a special teacher from Galilee are reaching their tiny village but when life suddenly changes again for Barley he carries the lessons of forgiveness and love out of the woodcarver s home and through the dangerous roads of Roman occupied Judea. On the outskirts of Jerusalem Barley meets a homeless man and petty criminal named Samid. Together Barley and his unlikely new master experience fresh struggles and new revelations. Soon Barley is swept up into the current of history culminating in an unforgettable encounter with the truest master of all as he bears witness to the greatest story ever told. "