Red Rock Calling
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I could not speak. I just stood there and watched him do exactly what I was afraid he would do; disappear. Frozen to the spot I was standing on, he was gone and I was all alone. I had a feeling of crying, but I wasn't actually crying. I thought, "Is this it? Is this what it all boils down to in becoming a man? Well, I guess I've failed. Who needs to know what a man is anyway?" I did not know what to do. I could not move. I couldn't even think of what I wanted to do. It was as though I wasn't even having thoughts. I don't know how long I was like that, but it seemed like forever. The sound of the door I had entered through finally broke me from that seeming spell, as it began to open back up. The same loud organ sounds began to shake the ground beneath me. What had appeared to be asking me to come in when I first got here, now seemed to be giving me permission to leave. I knew that this was my chance to get out of this place and get back to just being me sitting on that rock and tree chair. But if I did, would I lose my chance at knowing what it is to be a man? Would I have wasted everything I had done so far, everything I had learned? Would I ever see the Noods again? It all confused me but at least I was finally thinking.
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Red Rock Calling
"Rev. Michael Torphy lives from his heart. He carries a passion for life and he doesn't know how to lie. His honesty and passion for life is skillfully weaved into RED ROCK CALLING. Rev. Michael is a wonderful story teller, living at the right time, reminding us all about dreams, struggle and triumph."
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith
Sr. Minister and Founder
of the Agape International
Spiritual Center; author,
40 Day Mind Fast,Soul Feast
"Rev. Michael Torphy has given young men everywhere, a gift of life by exploring one's passage through it. This timely story of RED ROCK CALLING will impact anyone who reads it, to think anew and live a richer, fuller life."
Mary Manin Morrissey
Sr. Minister and Founder of Living
Enrichment Center;
author, Building Your Field of Dreams
"It is about time that young men begin to tell their stories, without shame or blame. It is about time that we begin to embrace the sacred places in men. I am sure the result will be a healing experience for us all. Thank you for sharing Rev. Michael".
Iyanla Vanzant,
Author, Acts of Faith; Tapping
the Power and In the Meantime
"I enjoyed the read and could relate having to do with important spiritual events in my own life. I know Rev. Michael's book will be of great value to others who are also on their spiritual quest."
Terry Cole-Whittaker
Author, What You Think of Me is
None of My Business; How to Have
More in a Have Not World and
Every Saint has a Past, Every
Sinner a Future
About the Author
Rev. Michael is the Senior Minister of the The Agape
International Spiritual Center in Grand Junction, Colorado. As Senior Minister, Rev. Michael speaks and
teaches Universal Spiritual Values that celebrate, honor, and nurture the
dignity, diversity and uniqueness of all people everywhere through the practice
of unconditional love. His dynamic
style of speaking has flourished at many centers of faith and truth throughout
the Southwestern United States.
Rev. Michael has been a spiritual counselor for
twelve years with a wide base of clientele.
Additionally he facilitates workshops, teaches spiritual development
classes and has developed a unique right of passage ceremony for youth groups
who are moving into their adulthood.
Rev. Michael grew up in a show business family and
spent many years himself pursuing the same.
It wasn't until he had a transcendental experience that he started
pursuing his spiritual path. The keen
realization he had from that experience is what led him into the ministry and
the writing of this book. Rev.
Michael's own personal discovery, that everything which occurs in a person's
life is the very thing that has made them who they are in the present, is at
the very core of his teaching.
"There is no such thing as a wasted life."