Aflame With the Spirit: Philip the Evangelist is a familiar story told with insight into the personal lives of Philip and his companions who established the first century mission of the church. In this book, Vada McRae Gipson exemplifies the workings of the Holy Spirit on every page as she draws each character into the bigger picture of God's plan for the Community of believers. A spiritual page turner! Bishop Beverly J. Shamana, United Methodist California-Nevada Conference, Author of Seeing In The Dark I like the story line very much. It shows imagination and is ''believable'' as to the events and places .. The descriptions of the countryside and villages and towns through which they travel are good, and conditions and issues encountered there are realistic. Hazel Buckner, retired missionary, United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries I am impressed with . your creative imagination to tell the story of Jesus and the beginning of the early church as seen through the experiences of Philip. In many places you did a fine job of keeping to the Biblical story, and in other instances you created a might-have-been account. . I can see that a lot of thought and effort has gone into your writing . Georgie Summers, author and playwright of church curriculum, retired Director of Religious Education and Professor of English .Gipson has the ability to bring the era of the New Testament Church into the contemporary world. Her easy writing style belies her careful research into the time of Jesus and his followers. Her true-to-life characters keep you turning pages to ask, "What comes next?," Kay Murdy, writer of commentaries on lectionary readings and author of books on scriptural themes(see http: /www.daily-word-of-life.com), founding member of the teaching team of the Catholic Bible Institute, Los Angeles.