The Salvation of Jeffrey Lapin by Summer Kinard

Like the author, I've done much research into the myth of the vampire, ancient tales, Hebrew and Greek texts, etc., and I've reached the same conclusions as she. This is a vampire story unlike any I've ever read. She lives with her husband Andrew and five children in Texas.

Summer Kinard is a Greek Orthodox Christian in the Metropolis of Denver. Summer brings the grace, kindness, and insight of an experienced teacher and mother to begin answering those questions. At a time when at least twenty percent of people live with disabilities and two percent are autistic, there is an urgent need to apply church teachings to questions about the care and inclusion of persons with disabilities as full members of Christ’s Body. Summer has become acquainted with hundreds of Orthodox families with disabilities through sharing on her website the resources she has developed that make faith accessible to families with disabilities. in early church history and theology) to skillfully weave together the healing patterns of holy tradition with the daily patterns of life with disabilities. She brings her extensive background in patristic theology and catechesis (B.A. Strengthened by new habits of faith, Jeffrey finds a new direction, purpose, and maybe even love.įans of The Screwtape Letters and The Sayings of the Desert Fathers will resonate with this story of redemption and love rooted in ancient Christian teachings.Īs an autistic mother rearing autistic children in the faith, Summer Kinard knows first-hand many of the challenges of life with disabilities.

With compassion and coffee, confession and cake, Jeff's new Orthodox family teaches him to accept the grace given him to live into true eternal life. Parted forever from the demon that tormented him, Jeffrey has to learn to live as a Christian, free from the demon but not his own tendencies to mess up. But Jeffrey's so focused on dying that he overlooks the first part of baptism: the exorcism.

Her touch shows him the solution to his problem: he will convert to Orthodoxy and say goodbye to the world when he gets baptized. A failed suicide attempt puts him in touch with Maddy, an Orthodox Christian police officer whose helping hand burns Jeffrey's skin. What happens when a vampire gets baptized?Īfter 125 years of vampirism, Jeffrey Lapin wants to end his life of torment.

The Salvation of Jeffrey Lapin by Summer Kinard