Chasing Francis: A Pilgram’s Tale,

by Ian Morgan Cron (2013)

I’m generally not a fan of biographies. Which is strange because I love to hear about all the amazing things that happen in people’s real lives – but I don’t like when it feels like a glob of details being thrown at you like a dull history class. So a book like this one is perfect for me. The plot line is fictitious but it pulls in historical facts as it goes.

The main character, Chase Falson, is a pastor who has grown tired of church being a form of superficial entertainment and is longing for something deeper. Off he goes to Italy where he ends-up falling into the steps of St. Francis of Assisi and learning about what it means to have true faith.

It is an entertaining quick read that inspired me to want to learn more about St. Francis which I consider a “win” because I think that means I didn’t really want the story to end!