The Messages

Channeling (noun): The practice of conveying information through a spirit guide or any consciousness that is not human. I wrote this story in a semi-trance following a vivid dream, like someone else was writing it. Was I channeling? I was meant to write it. You are meant to read it. The Story: A caller claiming to be God calls everyone on the planet at 9:00 AM UTC/GMT, every morning, for one week, demanding we cease all killings. The message? At the end of the initial week of warnings, starting on Day 8, anyone who kills someone will also die instantly, as well as the senior-most member of the chain of command. This includes gangs, police departments, terrorist groups and any government organization, as well as our President as he is Commander-in Chief. If the killings persist in high numbers after a few weeks we will be totally replaced with a more peaceful race. The millions of simultaneous calls and emails cannot be traced and the callers voice cannot be recorded. Who is really calling? A clever hacker? Terrorists? The NSA? We have one week to create peace on Earth or else. What would you ask?

Everyone is encouraged to ask questions during the calls, and all are answered, challenging all the world’s religious beliefs. Seven mornings, one weeks warning.

The story is written nine years after the events of the week of the phone calls, through the experience of Cheryl Hanson, the daughter of then Senior Senator Thaddeus Hanson. Cheryl is writing this memoir at the request of her ten-year-old daughter, Aryanah. Back then, Cheryl was agnostic, having watched her grandparents get swept to their death in a ferry accident during a vacation in the Philippines when she was seven years old. How could God allow such a thing? Therefore, there could be no God. This is partly the story of her redemption, salvation and grief.

If the edicts of the Messages come true, her father is at risk as he is third in line of presidential succession. Cheryl is in love with two men who are best friends, one of whom is an Iraqi national, Khoud, whose cousin Selim is a known terrorist. Could Khoud be a part of a sleeper cell? Her other love interest, Nate, is a senior technology analyst trying to record the voice of the caller. Will he succeed?

Since everyone who takes the calls from the mysterious caller who claims to be God is encouraged to ask deeper questions, these are a centerpiece of the story, creating a world-wide controversy. The answers do not jive with the beliefs and tenets of most religions causing an uproar in the theological arena. The religious leaders of the world therefore disavow the caller’s claim that he is God, as it undermines their own authority and beliefs.

The current President at the time of the calls, Roberto Garcia is a Catholic and has a particularly difficult time with these questions and answers. Adding to the problem is the fact that he is Cheryl’s Godfather and a close friend of Senator Thad...