John D Carter

Clifford Porter's mother and sister are killed in a car crash on a rainy day in Vancouver. After the accident, Cliff's father struggles trying to cope with the tragedy and overwhelmingly grief. Unfortunately, his dad breaks down and is hospitalized. Clifford is sent to spend the summer on Mayne Island with his estranged grandfather. The absolute last thing Cliff wants to do is leave his neighborhood, familiar home surroundings, and move to a small island in the middle of the Salish Sea.Dr. Randal Reilly, an aging psychotherapist, who always seems to have more patients than he prefers, attempts to help Clifford and his family maneuver through the turmoil trying to recover from the problems they face.This novel is about family dysfunctions, tragedies, resilience and love.This is the fourth book in the Dr. Randal Reilly, psychotherapist, series.

The Western Humanism originating in classical Greek philosophy--where the capacity of human reason became the dominant means for perceiving a worldview based in reality--reigned in Western philosophy until the onset of Postmodern Existentialism in the mid-twentieth century. Plato's Theory of Forms prepared the Western gentile mind to accept the rationality of a transcendent ultimate reality, and in so doing steered the gentile mind from its bent to pantheistic deities. The apostle Paul boldly proclaimed to the Athenians that their ""unknown god"" was indeed the transcendent God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Christianity prevailed in Western philosophy until the Enlightenment--which was the result of the unprecedented success of the scientific method--began to turn the Western mind to the existentialistic idea of the relativity of moral truth.

The Western Humanism originating in classical Greek philosophy--where the capacity of human reason became the dominant means for perceiving a worldview based in reality--reigned in Western philosophy until the onset of Postmodern Existentialism in the mid-twentieth century. Plato's Theory of Forms prepared the Western gentile mind to accept the rationality of a transcendent ultimate reality, and in so doing steered the gentile mind from its bent to pantheistic deities. The apostle Paul boldly proclaimed to the Athenians that their ""unknown god"" was indeed the transcendent God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Christianity prevailed in Western philosophy until the Enlightenment--which was the result of the unprecedented success of the scientific method--began to turn the Western mind to the existentialistic idea of the relativity of moral truth.

Ned and his friends take off on a boy scout camping trip to British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, chaperoned by Ned's uncle, Dr. Randal Reilly, a psychotherapist. Shortly after arriving at Camp Byng, the boys go exploring and stumble upon a tragic event that forever alters their lives. Through trauma and regret, friendships and love, the young men grow into adulthood, wrestling with the dark echoes of that fateful day. Unchecked and unexamined, the past has a way of directly influencing the present, and soon another tragedy challenges the friends, testing their comraderie and pushing them to their emotional limits.

The Rosemead Psychology Series is a continuing series of studies written for professionals and students in the fields of psychology and theology and in related areas such as pastoral counseling. It seeks to present current thinking on the subject of the integration of psychology that grow out of the interface of psychology and theology. The data and theories of both theoretical and applied psychology are treated in this series, as well as fundamental theological concepts and issues that bear on psychological research, theory, and practice. These volumes are offered with the hope that they will stimulate further thinking and publication on the integration of psychology and the Christian faith.