Facing the Elements: Biblical Times People vs. Water, Fire, Air and Earth

by Alain Normand

We often see Bible stories as just that; stories. We forget that these are real accounts of past events. We are often oblivious to the fact that people of the Bible had personalities, emotions, skills and flaws. In these short stories, some of those people come to life. By putting ourselves in their shoes, we relate to them better. When the Bible talks about people dying in the Great Flood, we forget that every one of those caught up in the deluge were human beings. To simply regroup them as part of a race of sinners is a simplification of the magnitude of this event. When we examine a little closer one of these lives, the flood takes on a new significance. Using the elements as the foundation of these twelve stories, the author demonstrates the real struggles these people had to cope with in biblical times.

186 pages, Paperback

First published June 13, 2013

About the author

Alain Normand is an author, lecturer, teacher and expert in Emergency Management.

He directed relief efforts in emergencies such as the Saguenay floods, the Quebec Ice Storm, the Haiti repatriation, and the Calgary floods among others. A resident of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, he is the Emergency Manager for the municipality since 1999.

He teaches emergency management and business continuity at York University, Sheridan College, and Humber College on a part-time basis. He is also a frequent guest lecturer at conferences in Canada and abroad.

Alain is also an author. He wrote of a trilogy of novels on emergency management topics and two collections of short stories based on biblical events, all published by Authorhouse and available from most book outlets. He also regularly contributes to professional blogs.

In 2008, Alain received the Arts Acclaim award for Fiction Writing from the Brampton Arts Council for his novel, "The Curse of El Nino".