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The Shining City

In 1630, Puritan leader John Winthrop set sail for America to establish The Shining City on the Hill. In The Invitation to the Shining City, Joey and Dana Kunz stumble onto a magical place but then need to be invited in order to return.

To Do Justly, To Love Mercy, 

To Be Knit Together

In the Shining City, our chief characters learn that its inhabitants follow Winthrop’s ideal to “…follow the counsel of Micah to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with God…to be knit together…as one man.
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It’s a place where the people are of one heart and one mind, dwell in righteousness and share things in common. But, to return, they need to get their own Invitation and bring others with them. 

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It Comes to Life in the New Novel by GM Jarrard:

The Invitation

THE INVITATION asks the question, ‘if you were given the chance to escape to a place where the people were of one heart, one mind, lived in righteousness and cared for the poor, what would you sacrifice to gain entrance?’ In the book, Joey and Dana Kunz confront both opportunity and opposition as they seek their “Shining City on the Hill” when they get their invitation and ask others to join them.

– Don Gull –

I long for that City of Light upon a Hill that 
the author has so eloquently described.

I admit that my deepest thoughts are increasingly occupied with the longing for a better world. Admittedly judgmental, I feel surrounded by greed, lies and corruption in government, business and even college campuses. I long for that city of light upon a hill that Greg Jarrard has so eloquently described.

– Keri Lafferty –

I did not want the book to end as it gave me hope for better things to come.

I just finished The Invitation while the world around me was literally in chaos. I did not want the book to end as it gave me hope for better things to come. The author does such an amazing job of describing the scenery in the book that I wanted to jump into the pages to experience it first hand. The characters in the book remind me of people I know. This is a must read if you are wondering what we can do as a people to rise above the mess we see around us today.

– Jeffrey Kirk –

The Invitation is a thoroughly enjoyable adventure with a hopeful message.

Jarrard’s sense of humor made me smile often. The main characters, Joey and Dana, have a tender relationship that has the realistic undercurrent of tension common in most marriages. Other characters, especially Jonathan Blum, are extremely likable. I was eager to find out what happens to each of them. The Invitation is a thoroughly enjoyable adventure with a hopeful message.

– Rob Bishop –

GM Jarrard has created multiple characters, each interesting, realistic, and empathetic.

I constantly wanted to read just one more chapter to discover what happened in their lives. The Invitation relates to our day with universal themes that compel the reader to reflect on the present, past, and future. It’s a hopeful look at the world we find ourselves in today.

– Sharon Webb Myler –

The Invitation is a beautiful mix of intrigue, history, and imagery that pulls the reader in quickly.

GM Jarrard’s characters invite one into a world free from the challenges of our day with messages of hope and scripture salted with history. It vividly lays out a world most long for. Especially poignant as we emerge from 2020.

– Neil Smith –

I found The Invitation to be a fascinating, fast-moving story that cleverly combined a staccato narrative style like that in The Hunt for Red October,
unhindered travel through time like that in Bid Time Return, and the inclusion of historical figures and events like those in Forrest Gump, all intermixed with scriptural references to enduring truths. At the end, after a wild ride, I was left with great hope for America and for each of us as individuals.

– Jerry Earl Johnston –

The Invitation is driven by punchy prose, spirited dialogue, and a reality-bending narrative.

Years ago, a Brazilian rabble rouser named Paolo Coelho saw the light and started writing spiritual novels. His gift for mixing the supernatural world and natural world in startling ways would, in time, make him the bestselling author in the world. GM Jarrard has chosen to mine a similar vein that would surely intrigue the great Coelho himself.

– Bruce Hough –

"The Invitation" takes us on a ride to a place that stirs our imagination and taps into a yearning that all people of faith share.

Just as James Hilton’s “Lost Horizon” took us to Shangrila, GM Jarrard’s “The Invitation” takes us to “the shining city on a hill” during a time of contemporary cultural distress. Readers will share a desire and wish “if only the fantasy could be true.” Jarrard describes the world we live in and the world we hope for. Perhaps, it will serve as a wake-up call to readers and leaders to create their own “shining city on a hill.”

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Our Story Starts Here:

At Caesarea under Herod’s aqueduct, Jonathan Blum is offered the opportunity of a lifetime when a mysterious man named John gives him an invitation he can’t refuse: Would you accept YOUR Invitation?

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The First Stop

A Weekend in 1925.

The assignment was simple: To drive 90-year-old Margritte Kunz to a Hot Springs and Spa to an unknown place with extraordinary healing powers where it’s still 1925 and Calvin Coolidge is president. The challenge is getting home again. And, the problem is, what must we do to return?
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