A Doorway in the Desert By Connie Robillard & Marcel A. Duclos Photography by Ernest Gault

Do we enter into a vision or do our hearts see what is really before us in all of its truth, goodness, beauty and love?

The characters in this story are on an internal quest. They travel to a Native American mission in an effort to find what they need. Each learns, in their own way, that prayers are not answered within time and space.

An old man, long passed over to the other side, lingers on among the people he loves. Some are strangers and yet he knows them. He understands their world from the inside out. He remains part of an earthly life in a holy place.

A twenty first century woman senses the old man’s presence and a story unfolds that brings the reader into the world of universal themes.

Those in need seek refuge from fear and loss. They enter the mission with hope and leave through the same doorway, forever changed.

Comments by early readers:

“As I read this book, I was sent out on my own internal quest.”

“Padre Sebastian fell in love with his people just as they were. He could not leave them or the place where he had served the, even when he died.”

“The characters, sad from the experiences in their, derive an eternal hope that stirs their souls.”

“True spirit is found in all places, in all people, in all of time.”

“This book reinforced my belief that I am a spiritual being.”

Marcel A. Duclos and Connie Robillard are frequent contributors to LifeSherpa. They are co-authors of the book, Common Threads – Stories of Life After Trauma.
Ernest Gault is a photographer from Gilford, NH.