Bringing this book to print has been an adventure. Attempting to find a home for it within the publishing world was a challenge. Adventures and challenges are life's instructors.

Hopefully, enjoyment and meaning will be the experience the reader. We live in a time in which the issues related to truth have been brought into question. This is so in several critical spheres of influence, including social, empirical and religious. Truth (or truth) is shaped by multiple forces.

I acknowledge voices from the past who have influenced my present. My earnest mother Margaret who pressed my finest clothes every Saturday night so I would look my best in Sunday school. My capable brother Dennis whose path I followed until I found my own.

I acknowledge voices for the future on whom my experiments with parenting and grandparenting are ongoing and imperfect: Emily, Michael, and Gordon, followed by Graham, Lucy, Lily and Grace.

I am a debut author. Thanks so much for the support and suggestions of my Daniel Island (South Carolina) Writer's Group. Thanks for the critical feedback of Beta Readers: Emily Guerrero, John and Kate Worm, Lynn Carlton and Rebo Reeves.

Questions for Reading Groups

1. What is the definition of a Universal Truth? What is the definition of truth?

2. How has religion obscured the meaning of Truth (truth) in the past 150 years? Conversely, how has religion informed the meaning of Truth (truth) in the past 150 years? How has science defined truth in the past 150 years? How might the meaning of Truth (or truth) be altered by the forces of religion and science in the next century?

3. How many ways are truth (or Truth) represented in this story?

4. How do each of the characters express their particular understanding of Truth (truth)?