Hope's Ante

About the Book

Can tragedy ever lead to triumph? Can doubts ever propel convictions? Can transgressions deliver one into redemption? Can gut wrenching agony spark epiphany? Can someone ever love another so much that they would be willing to trade places with them even as they are about to die? Thom Vines used his decades of spiritual searching and then the horrible pain of losing a child to propel the story of the novel Hope's Ante.

"I've laughed, cried, questioned, believed, sat on the edge of my chair... in short, gone through the gamut of emotions in this roller-coaster ride of a read."

-Debbie Thompson

About the Author

Like the main character of "Hope's Ante", Thom Vines traveled a tortured path to faith. He was a deist for twenty five years before accepting Christ as his savior in 2006 at age 52. Then, like "Hope's Ante", tragedy struck. His daughter, Kelsey, was killed when a 40,000 pound dump truck veered into her lane and killed her instantly. This story is chronciled in the book: "Tragedy and Trust: Can You Still Trust God After Losing a Child?"

Thom took the years of questions and doubts, and then the searing pain of losing a child, and used them as the fulcrum to propel the story of "Hope's Ante," a story of gut-wrenching tragedy and yet soaring truimph.

Thom is a school administrator in Lubbock-Cooper schools in Lubbock, Texas, where is wife of 35 years, Becky, is also a curriculum specialist. All three of their children, Jeremy, and twins, Kayla and Kelsey, graduated from Lubbock-Cooper. Thom was born in Pella, Iowa and graduated from Central College.