Excerpt from The Butane Gospel....

   

    I put my hand on his head and I knew for sure I was blushing all over ‘cause I felt so ridiculous and sinful.  I cleared my throat and got started with my blaspheming. 

    “Oh Lord, this here’s Francisco and he’s got heart trouble….For crying out loud!  This is stupid.”

    “Go on Senor Butane.  I can feel the power of God in your touch.”

    “Right.  Okay.  Lord, like I was saying, this here’s Francisco and they’re fixing to operate on his heart tomorrow, but he’s worried he won’t make it through the surgery.  I know you think this is out of line, Lord.  Believe me, I do too and I’m sorry.  But Francisco wants me to pray that he gets cured.  So that’s what I’m doing.  I’m praying he gets cured.  I guess that’s all.  Amen.”

    Well, Francisco started trembling all over like he was freezing to death.  Then there was that soft yellow light all around him and I sure thought I heard that same Catholic angel music again.  He looked up at me with tears all in his eyes and raised his hands up.  I tried to take my hand off his head, but it was stuck there….

    Anyway, Francisco kept on with his crying and hollered real joyful like, “I am cured Senor Butane!  I can feel it.  There is no pain in my chest. It’s a miracle!  The Lord has answered your prayer.  I am healed!  I have been spared!  Muchas gratias Senor Butane.  Bless you.  Bless you.”

-The Butane Gospel

 

When Leon Butane climbed into the cab of his semi that January night, he never dreamed he was about to be thrust into a world of bizarre visions, unexplainable miracles and religious intrigue. Following a near fatal accident, he wakes from a coma convinced that, after 2,000 years of silence, the time has come, for the men crucified with Jesus to be identified by name. Butane is on borrowed time. He has only two weeks to accomplish this unlikely mission. Keep your Bible handy as you accompany Leon on a surprising journey deep into and beyond the biblical texts.

REVIEWS

Unique, engaging, and refreshing, The Butane Gospel is a solid debut from a promising new literary talent. --- Apex Reviews

Michael W. Hinkle weaves a story that makes readers take pause and consider what is fact and fiction, what is illusion and reality. ---The Edmond Sun

I would definitely recommend this book to all those interested in Christianity. --- S.V. Swamy of Bookpleasures.com 

COMING SOON.....

TALES OF TOLOSA GOLD

Michael W. Hinkle is currently working on his next novel, Tales of Tolosa Gold.  What mischief can be done when an enormous state has a mind of its own?  For release in 2011.