The Healing of Ryne O'Casey
The story of a boy whose illness healed a community
Scott Philip Stewart

"And a little child will lead them."

From the fertile mind of author Scott Philip Stewart author of "The Calling of Jujubee Forthright" (FaithWalk 2006).

The Healing of Ryne O'Casey takes place in fictional Tynbee, Tennessee, a town in Appalachia that fortune forgot.

Unforgettable, however, are the people who live on the hillsides and in the hollers of Tynbee: Esther and Olie O'Casey, good humored and hardworking--beloved of each other but bereft of a child until God finally answers their prayers with son Ryne. Palsied old Doc Reardon, who delivered all three of them, who, just a few years later, must deliver the news that Ryne is dying. Young pastor McKee, who has lost his way and now finds himself the "stop-gap" preacher at the Historic First Church???the last place on earth he would choose to be.

Now add in some faithful friends and some feckless ones, Olie's wayward brother Heyward, a mean old man named Luther, the contentious congregation of Historic First Church, and a larger-than-life TV faith healer named Sister Stryker, and you have a host of characters, rendered whole with both humor and love, who will take up residence in your heart for long after you've finished reading their story. Join winsome and wise Ryne O'Casey and his unlikely entourage as they search for a miracle, and find one.

"The Healing of Ryne O'Casey reminds me of books by Clyde Edgerton, with its quirky characters and dedication to getting not just to the roots of matters, but into the dirt that surrounds them. When Esther Jean O'Casey throttles the living daylights out of a sinner who desperately needs it, I found myself wanting to shout "Amen, Sister." As for Ryne, his is a tale of suffering told with a wit beyond his years and a depth that will break the most cynical heart. A soulful tale of faith lost and renewed through trials, this book is a gem."- Linda Dorrell, author of The Trees of Eden and True Believers