The Gathering in the Last Days

Tina Rae Collins is a graduate of Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky, and is presently working toward a PhD in Biblical Studies. She has published eleven previous books. Her short stories, poetry, and essays have appeared in Appalachian Heritage magazine and her technical articles have appeared in Mountain Promise, both publications of Berea College, Berea, Kentucky. In 2002 her poem ＂Buddha＂ won third place for the Denny C. Plattner Award and her book The Soup Bean War was nominated for the Weatherford Award. She has written numerous religious and educational articles and for five years she was host/director of ＂Writers Reading,＂ a cable TV show on WPRG-5 of Harold, Kentucky. Much of her work can be found at: http: //www.mykentuckybooks.com. She resides in Lexington, Kentucky, and has two sons, two daughters, two sons-in-law, three grandsons, and a granddaughter