Renting God
Tales from God's Twilight
Everyone. Christian and non-Christian alike, have tales they could tell which defy a label. A quirk, an anomaly, a twist in conventional wisdom. Call it what you want, but these are stories which resist putting them into a box. They're the kind of tales you tell your friends and family around campfires, or reunions or late at night when the world is asleep, but your brain is stuck on overdrive.
I spent 20 years crafting these stores. When I found myself trying to wrangle a way to resolve the conflict every story must have, I would allow my writer's brain to drift. Finally, after 20 years, I found a reasoned, spiritual conclusion to all the conundrums God and I had invented.
What I learned was that writing can be painful, yet liberating.
I came to realize: every Christian reaches a defining moment - when the faith we have requires an action without a conscious thought. Often, these moments are not defined by Christ, but, as we learn through painful trial and error, but the Evil One. Often, the action we seek to satisfy our story with is the culmination of a tortured path we are forced to traverse on our way to draw out the Spirit. And - we can only see the end of our struggle through a revelation we do not always welcome. It often requires a courage many do not innately possess. We need to know in real time: Where is He leading me?
In this collection of Christian short stories, what is this crazed Christian attempting to answer: Is there such a thing as a 'just war'? Is abortion even an answer? Are schools required to interpret morality? What if they're incapable of it? Would we recognize an actual miracle? Does being 'born again' require a killing of the old self?
Can you theoretically, rent God?
The Mind
Behind
the Words
I mowed lawns. I washed dishes. I worked at four small-town radio stations. I was fired from three of them. I worked at two television stations, an ad agency and a production house. I was a computer typesetter. I once ran a camera for a studio production of professional rasslin'. I went to college to get an education, got my "degree" but really only mastered how to drink beer and smoke pot in four years.
I was a singer in two rock and roll bands.
I had my heart broken, but found love in spite of ( or because of) the heartbreak.
Publications
The Fingerprint of God
The evidence exists. The biblical Exodus happened. Those facts can now be affirmed. Whether or not this is good news depends on whom you ask.
Battlefield of Mayberry
An evil plot unfolds in Trinity Corners, Minnesota. But it may not be the apparent criminals who are responsible for the botched terror plot.
Renting God
A collection of Christian short stories written over several decades. They are literally a 'Twilight Zone' of faith stories.
Testimonials
"While Jerry Lindberg's The Fingerprints of God is fiction, it strikes to the heart of recent and ongoing research surrounding the biblical Exodus. I have been intimately involved in chronicling this research. Jerry's story takes the most recent scientific and forensic discoveries surrounding the Exodus and places them in a fictional mystery which may not necessarily be a fantasy."
Dr. Lennart Moller, Research scientist and author of The Exodus case.
"I found The Battle of Mayberry to be very entertaining. As I read
it I cast the movie and think it would have that "right combination" of humor and intrigue. Great good vs. evil situations. I've recommended it to many others (who also enjoyed it!)."
christopher nolte
"Having been involved in academic geographical research of the Exodus for several years, I was intrigued by the way Jerry Lindberg wove aspects of current Exodus theory into his novel, The Fingerprint of God. Jerry also concurrently developed at least half a dozen gripping story tracks that were brought masterfully to conclusion. In reading The Fingerprint of God, I felt like I was enjoying several adventure novels simultaneously. Thanks for the clever, imaginative and exciting read.
Dr. glen A fritz, geographer, san antonio, tx
"The Battle of Mayberry is a really well-written book, and very different from what the title might imply. It is a story of an Al Qaeda plot gone wrong in rural Minnesota. The characters are extremely well developed, and how they connect to each other keeps one wanting to read "just one more page". The story is by turns humorous, poignant, insightful and reminds me of what I value coming from the Midwest. Could not recommend it more highly, and I have only ever recommended one other book, despite being an avid reader."
rebecca mcLane
"Border-line genius! I just finished Jerry Lindberg's fast-paced novel. The Fingerprint of God. As I closed the last page, I sat in amazement at how well Jerry has combined the prophetic messages of the Bible with the latest advances in medical and electronic technology to weave this story of intrigue, betrayal, jealousy and world-shaking archeological discoveries. It is the near future. As the world is pulled, kicking and screaming toward the apocalyptic end of days, the forces of good and evil gather to watch the Second Coming of Christ ... or is it? The Fingerprint of God is a must read."
roger L. Johnson, author, commander, u.s. navy
"I picked up The Fingerprint of God and couldn't stop turning the
pages until I'd finished it! Having spent almost 12 years inside
Saudi Arabia, (the last nine of which were spent in covert
investigations around Jabel el Lawz - the real Mount Sinai), I can say
without a doubt that Jerry has penned within the pages of this book a scenario that is not only exciting, but explosive and prophetic with regard to the possibilities we could all witness in the near future. His characters may be fictional but the realities behind them are certainly not! A thriller of a story that just may become the evening news some day soon.
penny caldwell, biblical explorer