In her book, Kristina Clemens portrays real life issues with transparency and candor that causes a depth of emotion to well up within the soul. Her journey of faith and victory over death and despair will cause every reader to rejoice for the blessings of God. This book is a must read….
I highly recommend this inspiring story of a sister's heartbreaking loss of her only brother. Kristina's honesty and openness about her pathway to grace and the remarkable linkages to the scriptures that helped her find her way through this tragedy are an encouragement to all those who are coping with great loss. The book points the way to understanding and will help others through this journey of dark grief and pain to God's light of hope and wholeness.
--Dr. Henry Smith, President, Indiana Wesleyan University
--Dr. Mark A. Smith, President, Ohio Christian University
I highly recommend this inspiring story of a sister's heartbreaking loss of her only brother. Kristina's honesty and openness about her pathway to grace and the remarkable linkages to the scriptures that helped her find her way through this tragedy are an encouragement to all those who are coping with great loss. The book points the way to understanding and will help others through this journey of dark grief and pain to God's light of hope and wholeness.
--Dr. Henry Smith, President, Indiana Wesleyan University
An inspiring and powerful tribute from a sister's perspective. You see the hand of God and the love of family in a way that makes you more deeply appreciate both. I am honored to recommend this book as a powerful and touching read. --Attorney David Gibbs III, Author of Fighting For Dear Life
Kristina’s story is a moving account…it reveals true sorrow first hand. --Debi Pearl, No Greater Joy Ministries
After Nathaniel is an unforgettable journey into the abyss of grief. It is more than a tribute to a much-loved brother; it is a story of family, romance, friendship and the strong faithfulness of God. The author delivers emotion the reader can see, smell and feel, from the raw terror of death to the sweet warmth of peace. With deliberate honesty, she opens her soul and reveals the texture of a life shaped by tragedy and healed by love. Those who have walked the pathway of suffering or who want to understand their pain will find solace and hope in these pages. -- Valorie Quesenberry, author and speaker
In the days and years following the accidental drowning of her brother, Kristina, upheld through the buoyancy of the Father’s everlasting strong arms, discovered the depth of loss, pain and recovery. After Nathaniel is a story of the heart told by a writer with soul. Readers will find it bursting with page-turning emotion, transparency and healing. --Pamela J. Kuhn, author of forty books including best-selling series, Instant Bible Lessons
The universal sting of death touches us all. It does not discriminate on whom it visits or how it comes. It may come slowly by disease or suddenly by drowning – but it comes and leaves those left behind with over whelming sadness and loss. We are left with questions like, “Why me, why this and why now?” There are no easy, all-encompassing answers, but occasionally someone is able to share their journey down this lonely road and in so doing give all of us valuable insight for the day that we too will walk it. Kristina Clemens has done just that in After Nathaniel. She has taken one of the most painful experiences of her life and turned it into a riveting story that offers triumph in the face of tragedy. --Dr. Michael R. Avery, President, God’s Bible School
Knowing the faith of Dennis and Connie Joslin firsthand, it is no surprise that their daughter could live, then document, a walk of strenuous faith. In this book, Kristina lays bare her personal walk of suffering and overcoming. Her walk is not that different than others, but here it breathes. Not glossy platitudes, not fuzzy Christianity, just real. Do not read, unless you are prepared to visit the corriders of your spirit, and deal with what you find. You will be challenged. --Kevin Youngblood, CEO, Odysseyware