The Young Rich Ruler, reimagined

The Providence

The Story of the Young Rich Ruler

The Providence by Quinlan Motley

He built a life to protect the people he loved. Then Jesus asked him to let go.

The Providence imagines the life behind the Young Rich Ruler, a story of ambition, responsibility, and the difficult freedom of trust.

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FAITH: A Woman's Pregnancy Journey by Quinlan Motley, illustrated book cover

FAITH

By Quinlan Motley

Bellevue, Idaho

After repeated pregnancy loss, Hannah begins opening her table to other people in Bellevue, Idaho. Offering them a place in her life may mean accepting something harder for her: care she cannot arrange or control.

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1 Samuel 1 and 1 Samuel 2:1 through 11

HOPE: A Family's Journey Beyond Loss by Quinlan Motley, illustrated book cover

HOPE

By Quinlan Motley

Summersville, West Virginia

A wildfire takes a family’s home and workshop in Summersville, West Virginia. As they begin again, rebuilding becomes more than practical work: it asks which parts of their old life they can carry into a different future.

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Romans 5:3 through 5

WISDOM: A Father’s Journey Beyond Being Right by Rochealle Waites, illustrated book cover

WISDOM

By Rochealle Waites

Asheville, North Carolina

An Asheville master carpenter knows how to make things hold. His adult daughter’s future calls for a different kind of judgment, as he discovers the limits of a father’s skill when someone else must choose.

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1 Kings 3:5 through 28

MERCY: Making Room for a Second Chance by Gayle C. James, illustrated book cover

MERCY

By Gayle C. James

Savannah, Georgia

Nearly twenty years after her sister took family money and disappeared, Vivian sees her return to the Savannah restaurant she built without her. Making room for a second chance will mean deciding what trust can ask.

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Luke 15:11 through 32

Behind the stories

A life shaped by faith,
service, and responsibility.

Quinlan Motley writes about care, provision, generosity and trust. A husband, father, Sunday School teacher and retired U.S. Army captain, he brings questions of responsibility to the lives he imagines.

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A life built on provision. A question that asks for trust.

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