Journey Toward Faith is a memoir of siblings Ben Thieu Long and Darleen Long (pseudonyms). They had been raised with a strong foundation of faith by their devout Christian mother. However, their father had lost his faith while serving in World War II. He turned to alcohol and exhibited behaviors vacillating between benign neglect and violent outbursts. His disturbing actions fostered anxiety and fear in the children and damaged them in ways they neither recognized nor controlled. This book captures their journey back to their faith.

The cry of desperation took Ben aback. I was in trouble! I wish I could’ve helped myself. I needed to find peace, but pain filled my mind so much that I couldn't see a way to hope. I know now I have the strength of my faith, but how do I comfort my troubled soul? Complete darkness flooded the passenger car when the train entered the Raton Pass tunnel. Here's a fitting metaphor! I'm traveling through a dark tunnel, unable to find the light I desperately need. The train reemerged into the sunlight, and Ben gasped at the magnificent mountains towering above the tracks. Wow!! Is this the reward for suffering through a dark tunnel? Must a person travel through a tunnel to reach the other side of their darkest troubles? But when you do eventually reemerge, the most fulfilling beauty awaits. What a powerful lesson!

The train reemerged into the sunlight, and Ben gasped at the magnificent mountains towering above the tracks. Wow!! Is this the reward for suffering through a dark tunnel? Must a person travel through a tunnel to reach the other side of their darkest troubles? But when you do eventually reemerge, the most fulfilling beauty awaits. What a powerful lesson!

Born in Chicago, Ben Thieu Long (pseudonym) was active in the Boy Scouts and earned the coveted God and Country Award. He has retired after a forty-year career in human resources. With expertise in conflict resolution and change management, he worked as an internal consultant in manufacturing, telecommunication, education, and healthcare. However, Ben’s life journey has not always been positive. He endured abuse throughout his teen years from his father, a World War II veteran struggling with alcoholism. After three years in college, Ben entered the Army, served in Vietnam, and returned a disillusioned young man. He worked ten years on a General Motors assembly line but answered a calling to follow a path focused on helping others and, in the course, found his way home to spiritual restoration and his faith. Ben has earlier published a 13-volume series entitled Thirteen Moons over Vietnam. The stories are based on his military police duty and highlight war's moral, emotional, and spiritual effects. Darleen Long (pseudonym) contributed stories about her journey toward faith. She has retired after a long career in government, business, healthcare, and the legal profession. Also born in Chicago, her years in Michigan and later Arizona reveal how trials and tribulations, happiness and joy, inform her realistic, yet hopeful, outlook on life.