Wings of the Morning

Jon Harris was the Associate Pastor at a church I attended years ago in Virginia. He and his wife Patty were a devoted couple --to each other and to God. This memoir of Jon's of being a fighter pilot during the Vietnam war includes some of the stories he shared from the pulpit as part of his Christian testimony. When we look at the trajectory of our lives we can see God's divine hand at work bringing people and situations together. Jon does that here. He doesn't sugar coat anything. He tells the good, the bad, and the ugly about his decisions and their consequences. He gives praise where it is due and all the glory to God. This review may sound sappy, but this book is not. He went through some tough times and spares nothing. But the Christian life isn't sappy, or airy-fairy----we all go through tough times, but Christians---by God's overwhelming grace---shows us how he pulls us though them. Thank you, Jon for writing this book.

Did you ever sit at your daddy's knee and listen to war stories? That's what reading this book is like. Not only does the author have many captivating stories to share - like being the first U.S. aviator shot down and rescued over North Vietnam or finding himself suddenly flying in a head-on collision course with a passenger jet - but he does so just as if you are sitting right there with him, drinking a glass of lemonade. What makes it the most personal is the feeling that you are discovering along with him, through his experiences, personal and very real applications of a personal and very real faith. That's the one-two hit of this book. It will be made exponentially more fascinating to those who are fascinated with fighter jets and aircraft carriers!