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WORK TITLE: The Lion and the Lamb
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WEBSITE: https://www.causeybooks.com/
CITY: Washington D.C.
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COUNTRY: United States
NATIONALITY: American
RESEARCHER NOTES: Not enough reviews.
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Married; wife’s name Lauri; children: four.
EDUCATION:Attended University of Colorado, Boulder; Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (IL), M.Div.
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Military chaplain and writer. Works as a military chaplain in Washington, DC.
MIILITARY:U.S. Army, became second lieutenant.
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Charles Causey is a military chaplain and writer based in Washington, DC. He attended the University of Colorado, Boulder and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Causey also served in the U.S. Army, earning the rank of second lieutenant.
In Danger Every Hour
In 2010, Causey released his first book, In Danger Every Hour: A Civil War Novel. Set in 1862 in a war-town United States, the volume includes fictional characters and historical figures, including the military figures, George McClellan and Stonewall Jackson. Abraham Lincoln also appears in the book.
In Danger Every Hour offers historical details on the battles that were fought in that year, during which hundreds of thousands of lives were lost. Causey also focuses on the experiences of Virginian women and children, who observed and experienced violence throughout the conflict.
Unbreakable
Causey collaborated with Tony Miltenberger to write the “Unbreakable” series of books on marriage. Unbreakable: Forging a Marriage of Contentment and Delight is the first volume in the series. It is meant to be a guide for a seven-part series of courses on marriage within the Christian tradition. The book begins with a general discussion of Christian marriage and goes on to analyze the concept of love. Causey and Miltenberger argue that love entails making sacrifices for one’s relationship, forgiving their partner, being honest with their partner, treating their partner with kindness, and being fully committed to their relationship. The first of the seven sessions is devoted to examining the purpose of being married, from a Christian perspective. The five components of love are analyzes in the following sessions, while a couple’s sexual relationship is discussed in the final session. All seven sessions feature scriptures that illustrate key points, anecdotes from Causey and Miltenberger, and exercises for the couple or group to complete. Jane P. Ives, contributor to the Discipleship Ministries website, remarked: “Couples who read the information and follow the recommendations in this book will likely enrich and strengthen their relationships.” Ives also stated: “A church would do well to include this resource in its recommendations to couples and in its marriage ministry.”
Unbreakable: A Fable for Married Men, also by Causey and Miltenberger, is a fictional tale meant to illustrate key concepts about Christian marriage. It is geared toward male partners in a marriage. In the book, three male friends share a game a golf, during which time they chat about their relationships with their wives. They encounter a supernatural figure, who changes each of their lives by revealing truths about their respective marriages.
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb is a work of historical fiction, which Causey published in 2016. Set during World War II, it focuses on the lives of real historical figures, Arthur Speer and Corrie ten Boom. A Dutch Christian woman, ten Boom disagrees with the German agenda and vows to save as many Jews as possible by hiding them in a secret area in her home. When her activities are discovered, ten Boom is put in a concentration camp. Meanwhile, Speer is tapped by Hitler to be his minister of armaments. Speer, who is also a Christian, is uncomfortable with his new responsibilities and must decide whether to carry out Hilter’s plans or put his own life in danger by resisting them.
A Publishers Weekly reviewer asserted: “Even those familiar with the history … will find Causey’s unique approach worth reading.” “The Lion and the Lamb is a poignant glimpse into the past. This book held many new discoveries,” commented Amanda Geaney on the Christian Shelf-Esteem website. Geaney added: “This would be a wonderful title for a book discussion group or a reluctant student of history (high school/homeschool where maturity allows).”
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Publishers Weekly, February 26, 2018, review of The Lion and the Lamb, p. 74.
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Charles Causey website, https://www.causeybooks.com/ (September 10, 2018).
Christian Shelf-Esteem, https://christianshelfesteem.wordpress.com/ (March 6, 2017), Amanda Geaney, review of The Lion and the Lamb.
Discipleship Ministries, https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/ (September 10, 2018), Jane P. Ives, review of Unbreakable: Forging a Marriage of Contentment and Delight.
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3 BOOKS I LIKE TO GIVE AWAY
Calvin Causey, 1950's, Korean Peninsula
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves (live voice recording)
David G. Benner, The Gift of Being Yourself
Duncan Hamilton, For the Glory: Eric Liddell
Charles Causey, 2000's, Middle East
Part of the profession of chaplains is to provide military funeral honors for veterans at places such as Arlington Cemetery
My ancestors come from Hangingdog NC, a quaint community tucked deep inside the Smoky Mountains. As a boy I ran through lush, green fields alongside my grandfather’s Black Angus cows and swam in the cool, mountain creeks - always with a wary eye out for water moccasins. The tales I heard down those wooded and rutted country roads formed in me a love for people, the outdoors, and good stories, usually told by World War II veterans while rocking on their porches. It was at the University of Colorado in Boulder where I discovered a life-transforming personal relationship with Jesus Christ. From Boulder, I was commissioned as a second lieutenant and served in the Army and various Christian ministries for a decade, then went on to earn an MDIV from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois. Blessed with ferociously faithful mentors, family members and friends, I now have the privilege to serve veterans every day as a military chaplain stationed in Washington DC. Married 25 years to Lauri, we have four children-three currently in college! I write for NAV Press/Tyndale House and recently published a book (Words & Deeds) that describes four kinds of men when it comes to character.
(the photo below is of my Army chaplain father, now 88).
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QUOTED: "Even those familiar with the history ... will find Causey's unique approach worth reading."
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The Lion and the Lamb
Publishers Weekly. 265.9 (Feb. 26, 2018): p74.
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The Lion and the Lamb
Charles Causey. WestBow, $19.95 (269p) ISBN 978-1-5127-6109-2
Causey, an army chaplain in Washington, D.C., weaves the true stories of Corrie ten Boom and Arthur Speer into a riveting fictional narrative. Ten Boom lives in Holland and hides Jews behind a false wall in her family home during the German occupation. Eventually, she is caught and sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp. Speer, a German architect, becomes Adolf Hitler's minister of armaments. As the war rages on, Speer feels conflicted about his work and begins to question his devotion to his fuhrer. The Christian faith is part of both of their lives, yet "Corrie's faith was a fountain and the message of her life. Speers faith seldom trickled out," Causey notes in the postscript. Through the stories of how each understands their actions in terms of faith, readers are invited to consider how Christianity can influence decision making--particularly decisions made during dire ethical circumstances. Even those familiar with the history of ten Boom and Speer will find Causey's unique approach worth reading. (BookLife)
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"The Lion and the Lamb." Publishers Weekly, 26 Feb. 2018, p. 74. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A530637456/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=a0e543dc. Accessed 13 Aug. 2018.
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QUOTED: "The Lion and the Lamb is a poignant glimpse into the past. This book held many new discoveries."
"This would be a wonderful title for a book discussion group or a reluctant student of history (high school/homeschool where maturity allows)."
The Lion and the Lamb by Charles Causey
March 6, 2017Amanda Geaney
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A true Holocaust story, The Lion and the Lamb begins with a mysterious plane crash which catapults architect Albert Speer into Adolf Hitler’s inner circle. When the two Nazi leaders become close confidantes, Speer is forced into constant competition with Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels and the unstable Hermann Göring. After a botched assassination attempt reveals Albert Speer’s name in an SS investigation, Speer is ostracized by the staff and falls under Hitler’s suspicion for disloyalty. As the Russian army advances on Berlin, Speer is poisoned, lied about, and forced to fight for his standing with the most evil and calculating men in Europe. Will Speer survive his last-minute trip to the Führer’s bunker just hours before the end?
The Lion and the Lamb also tells the story of a Dutch Resistance worker named Corrie ten Boom who leads her entire family into a desperate struggle against the Nazi’s anti-Jewish policies in Holland. Like Speer, Corrie is thrust into a psychological torture chamber suffering daily anguish from abusive guards. She is forced to travel from prison to prison in Nazi death trains after her underground operation is raided by the secret police. A novel of innocence, betrayal and tragedy, The Lion and the Lamb is an absorbing tale of how war-torn people cling to the power of hope and faith.
My Thoughts
If my high school and college textbooks had been written this way, I would have been a more eager student of history. The Lion and the Lamb is an anomaly in the genre of historical fiction because every character is real, their words are often their own, and events (between 1942-1966) are recounted chronologically. Essentially, Charles Causey’s narrative infuses the human factors of emotion and moral dilemma into what could otherwise be a dry recollection of facts.
Having read The Hiding Place, I was somewhat familiar with the life and ministry of Corrie ten Boom. However, when her story is laid beside Albert Speer’s I realized several things. The first was a staggering illustration of “cause and effect.” Speer’s place in Hitler’s inner circle exposed him to many decisions which had a trickle down effect on ten Boom. Also, the way the darkness of the Reich pervaded their lives and how each reacted —Speer in his own strength and Corrie in God’s—provided a stark contrast in wisdom. Finally, while I still may not have the ability to recount times and dates, I have a better grasp of how key decisions turned the war.
The Lion and the Lamb is a poignant glimpse into the past. This book held many new discoveries for me and I felt compelled by the author’s writing to examine myself and my faith. How might I have reacted in similar circumstance? This would be a wonderful title for a book discussion group or a reluctant student of history (high school/homeschool where maturity allows).
With thanks to the author/publisher for providing me with a review copy. All opinions are my own.
QUOTED: "Couples who read the information and follow the recommendations in this book will likely enrich and strengthen their relationships."
"A church would do well to include this resource in its recommendations to couples and in its marriage ministry."
Review of “Unbreakable: Forging a Marriage of Contentment and Delight”
reviewed by Jane P. Ives
Unbreakable: Forging a Marriage of Contentment and Delight
by Charles Causey and Tony Miltenberger
(Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2014)
Charles Causey and Tony Miltenberger have created a clear interactive guide for couples or groups of couples who want to strengthen and deepen their marriage relationship. Based on five core components of love (commitment, kindness, honesty, forgiveness, and sacrifice), each linked to Scripture in a diagram on page 83, the material is grouped into seven sessions. The first session, focused on the importance and purpose of marriage, is followed by five sessions addressing each of the core components listed above and a final session focused on sexual intimacy.
Each session begins with a Scripture passage, followed by a "Main Point" statement and a "Background Story" that illustrates the struggles couples experience related to the "Main Point." Part II of each session, titled "Going Deeper," also begins with Scripture and a discussion of "The Principle," followed by "Arrows on Target" (applications of the concept to the marriage relationship), "True Confessions" (anecdotal sharing by the authors or their spouses), and a prayer. Part III of each session provides questions for individual journaling, followed by Part IV (a "Couple Interactive Exercise"), Part V ("Couple Questions for Date Night"), Part VI ("Small -Group Study and Discussion Questions"), and part VII, a behavior challenge applying the principle focus of the session.
The activities in these sessions help each person in the relationship focus on and take responsibility for his or her own attitudes and behavior, while at the same time offering an opportunity for the couple to share insights and reflections with each other. In the first session, the "Couple Interactive Exercise" directly teaches "The Responsibility Skill." The fourth session provides instruction and a framework for communicating more effectively, and the fifth session offers a clear outline of steps for practicing forgiveness. If a couple intends to write in the book, each person will both need his/her own copy. Or the couples could share one copy, each recording responses in a separate journal or on sheets of paper.
Couples who read the information and follow the recommendations in this book will likely enrich and strengthen their relationships. Groups of couples meeting weekly, or even less often, to hold one another accountable for their use of this resource and to share their learnings and progress, will likely build a strong ongoing support group that could continue to meet for fellowship and sharing.
A church would do well to include this resource in its recommendations to couples and in its marriage ministry. See also “Marriage Education and Enrichment” articles under “Best Practices and Recommended Resources” at the United Methodist Marriage and Family ministry website (www.marriagelovepower.net) and at www.umcdiscipleship.org/leadership-resources/marriage-family-ministries