Reviews for Grace under Fire: Letters of Faith in Times of War

The average rating for Grace under Fire: Letters of Faith in Times of War based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-05-26 00:00:00 Gerald Pels The reading experience for this book was over like Foxe's Book of Martyrs. If I had discovered one of the letters described in this book, or come upon one of the individuals tortured in that one, the experience would have been moving. Poignancy suffers from repetition, however. The letters start to sound the same. Grace Under Fire does allow the reader to appreciate continuity. Not every World War II soldier's every word was brave and patriotic. Not every soldier's every word from Vietnam forward was cynical. The stress of war shows the mixture of every human motivation.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-03-14 00:00:00 Todd Brekke Grace Under Fire is a rather unique book that presents a collection of letters and emails by US troops and their families ranging from the Revolutionary War through the War On Terrorism. The author combed through his huge archive of previously unpublished wartime correspondences and selected ones he felt best represented inspiration and insight covering topics about God, religion, and spirituality. Fifty of the best were chosen for inclusion in this book. You can read in them the importance of faith in the lives of our troops and their families. There are letters by two brothers on opposite sides in the Civil War, one by a nurse during WWII, and a doctor serving in Iraq. It was interesting to note the change from a more formal writing style in the earlier letters to a more casual approach later on. They show many characteristics of our troops determination, hope, patriotism, fighting for a cause bigger than one's self, and the value of faith. This was an interesting as well as inspiring read whose contents were written as our nation was engaged in some of the most dangerous times in our history, and shows the courage of out troops under fire.