But God can take ordinary people and use them in extraordinary ways. He can take someone who feels unprepared and make them an answer. He can take someone who feels weak and use them to strengthen others. He can take someone who is still growing and place them in a moment where their obedience becomes somebody else’s miracle.

That is one of the deepest spiritual truths running through S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™: The Angelo™ & Angeline™ Chronicles. The darkness in these books does not only attack bodies, cities and worlds. It attacks identity. It attacks memory. It attacks the wounds people carry. It tries to turn pain into poison. It tries to convince heroes that what happened to them has the right to decide who they become.

Kevin Edwards, Juanita Grayson, Jeff: Ward of Law, Wiseman J and Melanie are not the same kind of people. They do not come from the same places. They do not carry the same wounds. They do not always see situations the same way. They do not always respond with the same level of patience, wisdom, boldness or faith. Some of them are young. Some are older. Some are experienced. Some are still growing into the fight. Some are reluctant. Some are intense. Some are steady. Some are

Kevin is not important to S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™: The Angelo™ & Angeline™ Chronicles simply because he becomes the man with the glowing sword. He matters because of the heart behind the sword. He matters because of the faith behind the fight. He matters because of the humanity behind the hero. He matters because before he ever became Angelo™, he was Kevin Edwards, a young man carrying fear, insecurity, heartbreak, dreams, questions and a deep desire

In S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™: The Angelo™ & Angeline™ Chronicles, Juanita is transported into a war she never volunteered for and given power she never expected. She becomes Angeline™, a Soldier of Light Against Darkness™, not because she was looking for glory, attention or adventure, but because God had already placed destiny on her life before she fully understood what that destiny would require.