Summer of Miracles (Unabridged‪)‬

This is a book of hope, encouragement, and the true-to-life experiences of a man who was told he was going to die, yet he continued to seek God and hold out hope that the Lord of the universe was with him and would be with him all the way to the end, whenever that might be. This book is for anyone who needs to know that God is love and He is still in control.

Jamie Buckingham was in his prime as one of the best-known Christian writers in all the world when he got a surprise diagnosis. Inoperable cancer and you only have months to life. This book details the timeline from the point of the doctor’s initial diagnosis, to the prayers of his family and church, to the revised diagnosis, through his subsequent operation, and his eventual healing. It is a story of hope. It’s a story of a God who still cares. It’s also a story of how Jamie faced his greatest fears. Of leaving his family, should he write his own obituary, how was he to deal with unrest among some of his pastoral staff, one or two of whom seemed to be pushing for his early retirement from the ministry—so they could take over; and often conflicting theological explanations from well-meaning preachers from all over the world.

During those months, following his 1990 summer-time healing, Jamie indeed declared the works of the Lord, and part of that declaration was in his writing of this book, Summer of Miracles. For years he had been an internationally renowned author, columnist and conference speaker and a friend of just about every Christian leader of whom you have ever heard. Yet there is a simple “down home” side to Jamie. Their lives were interwoven with families in a home group, with neighbors they’d known for twenty-five, and with the members of their church, most of whom had no idea of the notoriety, respect and influence Jamie Buckingham had in the Christian community around the world. This is a book about standing on God’s Word, struggling with the idea of faith and, most of all, God’s power to heal.