How a Seventeen-Year Battle with ALS Led Me to Intimacy with God
John Paine is a successful businessman and lay leader living in Plano, Texas. He has lived over seventeen years with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. A once active man, John now spends his days in a wheelchair, dependent on a ventilator for his next breath. His greatest passion is mentoring others and sharing the true treasure of his life with them - intimacy with Christ. In the twilight of his life, John most enjoys spending time with his wife Margaret, the families of his four adult children and seven grandchildren. Seth Haines has experienced the grace that comes from a God who lives in mystery, who works through both joy and pain. Seths first book Coming Clean: A Story of Faith received a Christianity Today Award of Merit in the publications 2016 book awards. Seths poetry and prose has been featured in various publications, including In Touch Magazine, Fathom Magazine, Tweetspeak Poetry, and at SethHaines.com. He makes his home in the Ozarks with his wife, Amber Haines, and their four sons.