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Desperate Hope: Bratt Native Holds Concert, Book Signing
February 4, 2010
Bratt native Candi Pearson-Shelton was among friends, family and fans Wednesday night with a concert and book tour stop in Atmore.
Candi was promoting her first book, Desperate Hope: When Faith in God Overcame My Despair, a book that chronicles the journey through the death of her brother Rick Pearson and the glory of God in the midst of the tragedy.
She and her husband Jonathon had been in California for about four months when she received the news about her younger brother who was living in Atlanta.
“We get a phone call saying Ricky was sick, a serious kind of sick,” she said. Forty days later, he was dead from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Candy and Rick Pearson’s family found strength in a verse from Isaiah 40 — “A voice cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God…. Then every eye will see the glory of the Lord revealed.”
Drawing inspiration from that verse, she penned what would become the title track on the Dove Award winning album Glory Revealed, and she was soon on the album’s tour with artists Mac Powell, Shane & Shane, Brian Littrell and others.
After performing Glory Revealed during her Wednesday night concert at Grace Fellowship in Atmore, Candi sat down and talked about her book.
“I don’t really think of it as a grief book,” the Northview High School graduate said. “It’s a book about hope, a well placed hope.”
Earlier in the afternoon, she held a book signing at the First National Bank & Trust in Atmore.
For more concert photos, click here.
For more on Candi Pearson-Shelton’s book, click here.
Pictured top: Bratt native Candi-Pearson Shelton performs the title track from the Dove award winning album Glory Revealed Wednesday Night at Grace Fellowship in Atmore. Pictured inset: Candi reads from her new book Desperate Hope: When Faith in God Overcame My Despair. Pictured bottom. Candi held a book signing Wednesday afternoon in Atmore. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Desperate Hope: Bratt Native Holds Concert, Book Signing”
You are a credit to your lovely Mother and entire family. I went to school with her and well remember her infectious laugh and wonderful energy. I don’t believe she ever sat still for long. She was warm and kind to everyone, but very opinionated. I have a son who died suddenly at age 15 and so my heart broke for her and your family when I learned of Rick’s death. Keep on being a witness.
Thanks for everybody who came to Grace Wed. night. It was great to have you all!
Congratulations Candi! May God bless and guide you.
This is awesome and congrats for all of your achievements, sorry to hear of the loss of your brother, but it looks like you are keeping him with you through all that you are doing, with your book and your music… Hope to see one of our locals go far…
What an amazinginly powerful show last night. Thank you for visiting with us in Atmore. Great photos, BTW!