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About Chasing Rich

20 men | 20 adventures | 20 miracles

In this age brimming with spiritual curiosity, Chasing Rich steps in to offer a compelling, spellbinding collection of modern-day encounters with the divine. These are moments when the curtain between heaven and earth seems to momentarily open, yielding a glimpse of God who loves his crowning creation—human beings—more than grandma when she opens her arms wide.

The author’s journey begins with an unexpected meeting with Rich, a peculiar, homeless drifter known locally as, “The Backwards Man.” Rich earned that nickname because of his habit of walking in reverse through the streets of Stamford and nearby towns in Connecticut. This chance encounter becomes the catalyst for a profound spiritual awakening, launching the author's expedition to document extraordinary “God moments” involving ordinary men across the globe.

From this exploration and extensive interviews emerges a tapestry of twenty remarkable, real-life accounts. These amazing stories are grouped by five pathways of divine experience: protection, guidance, transformation, healing, and joy. Readers will meet men from all walks of life: a scientist, a grocery store manager, and an NFL lineman, to name a few.

Unlike many spiritual books that rely on theological abstractions, Chasing Rich grounds each story in vivid sensory detail—the smell of Brazilian soccer fields, the cold metal of prison handcuffs, or the weight of a hunting rifle during a man’s contemplation of suicide. These aren’t sanitized religious parables, but messy, beautiful accounts of real people from diverse backgrounds and circumstances who experienced something beyond coincidence. They met a God every bit as real as the neighbor walking their dog, the postal carrier dropping off your mail, or the clerk checking out your groceries.  

Each chapter concludes with a brief biblical connection, offering spiritual context but without overwhelming readers with doctrine. This approach welcomes both devoted Christians hungry for evidence of God’s active presence and spiritual skeptics who have grown weary of religious institutions but remain open to adventurous stories.

Chasing Rich doesn’t demand belief; it simply invites readers to consider the possibility that God is still speaking, acting, and revealing himself in ways that transcend rational, human-centric explanations. Perhaps in these stories, readers will recognize echoes of their own unexplained moments, finding language for experiences they’ve never fully articulated. And in doing so, they might discover what the author ultimately found: not just Rich, but a God worth chasing.

Meet some of the men of Chasing Rich

  • Carl

    In the early 1950s a missionary couple decides to work among the Latuka tribe in Sudan. Not everyone greets them with open arms, especially a spear-wielding tribesman who threatens to return late one night and kill the family.

  • Yusuf

    Despite growing up under Saddam Hussein’s regime and facing violent opposition to his conversion, Yusuf finds courage to bring hope to those displaced by war and religious persecution.

  • Shawn

    A pastor struggling with his faith demands a clear sign from God and receives one in the most unexpected place: the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A.

  • Barrett

    A rising Alabama football star achieves his dream of winning a national championship, only to be struck by the profound emptiness gnawing at him during what should have been a crowning moment of triumph.

  • Deric

    A former drug dealer faces execution before a plea bargain reduces his sentence to twenty-five years. After a failed suicide attempt and an encounter with what he believes is a supernatural presence in prison, Deric experiences a radical conversion.

  • Jim

    After twenty years of sobriety, a man relapses following his divorce, with haunting thoughts dragging him deeper into the bottle. At the bottom of his spiral, Jim finds himself perched precariously on the edge of his bed, a loaded hunting rifle lying across his lap and a half-bottle of vodka resting between his thighs.

  • Dr. Stephen

    When his nineteen-year-old son drowns in a lake, Stephen faces unimaginable grief until Nathan’s body is recovered six months later. On the day of that mission, the Navy SEALs assisting with the search make one additional discovery that will change the course of Stephen's life.

  • Ross

    In the midst of a late-night shouting match between his twin brother and their mother, fifteen-year-old Ross discovers they were adopted. That sets him on a decades-long search for his biological family. 

  • Dr. Hugh

    A brilliant astrophysicist uses his scientific expertise to demonstrate evidence for a divine creator. His “chance” encounters with strangers reveal patterns too precise to be coincidence.

  • Pete

    A talented player whose skill earned him a college scholarship; Pete gets involved with a Bad News Bears-style soccer ministry that includes an annual mission trip to Brazil. Once there, his roommate’s strange vision becomes reality.