In the book A Time to Embrace, Karen Kingsbury weaves in high school coaching drama with everyday struggles that a seasoned Christian family might face. She does a nice job of creating the backdrop of a small town enthralled with football. Most of Coach Reynolds players respect him for his ability to meet the kids where they are at in life. He cares for their success on the field and off of the field, spiritually and morally. As with any coach, problems arise with discontented parents over playing time.
At home the Reynolds deal with other struggles. Remembering the past can be trying while staying afloat with coaching. Abby and John continually thank God for saving their marriage from an affair while still grieving a child that died, and dealing with a son hooked on pornography. When coach thought that things were looking up for his team, a tragic accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Finding out that he was paralyzed was nothing compared to the blow that it was his players who caused the accident. The rest of the story becomes amazingly predictable. Coach Reynolds walked again and was asked to stay on a head coach.
I would recommend the book to readers who are not avid Karen Kingsbury fans. While I love the series that she writes, they tend to become predictable with lots of tragedies, prayer and wonderful outcomes. She has a way of hitting on great issues and how a Christian may handle these.
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