Two Steps From Hope: A Journey Through Grief, Faith, and Redemption, (Paperback)

When youth pastor Daniel Mercer dies in a tragic accident, his wife Abigail doesn't just lose her husband-she loses her faith. For three years, she teaches her grieving son that God is absent, that prayer is pointless, that survival is all that matters. <p>But when sixteen-year-old Caleb ends up in a psychiatric hospital, Abigail realizes her bitterness has nearly destroyed the one person she loves most. </p><p>Now she must make an impossible choice: continue down the path of isolation and despair, or risk opening her heart to grace-even though she's not sure she believes in it anymore. </p><p>Two Steps From Hope is a powerful story about what happens when a broken family hits rock bottom and discovers that hitting bottom isn't the end-it's the beginning. It's about how grace arrives not in lightning bolts but in casseroles left on porches, in neighbors trimming trees, in church communities that refuse to let people disappear into their own grief. </p><p>This is Christian fiction for anyone who has questioned their faith, grieved someone they couldn't let go, or wondered if grace is real in a world full of suffering. It's a story that takes mental illness and doubt seriously, and grace even more seriously. </p><p>Because two steps from hope isn't very far when you have companions on the journey. </p><p>This novel addresses mental illness, depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideation with pastoral sensitivity. It is not a substitute for professional mental health treatment.</p>

• Two Steps From Hope: A Journey Through Grief, Faith, and Redemption, (Paperback)
• Author: Elizabeth Ronnie
• ISBN: 9798184941486
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-30
• Page Count: 212