Long Is the Way

"e;Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light..."e;How does the son of sharecroppers from the Jim Crow South grow from loneliness, bitterness, and heartbreak into a man of God living a life full of hope and belief in the promise of better days?Long Is the Way is the dramatic true story of Alton Hardy and his journey from the dirt roads of Selma, Alabama to the streets of Louisville, Kentucky and Grand Rapids, Michigan - back home, to Birmingham. It is a story about fatherlessness, poverty, racism, anger, sadness, loneliness, and a constant search for belonging. It is a story about hope.Alton Hardy's harrowing memoir reminds us how far we've come and the great distances we still have to go. Together.Long Is the Way asks the question: Has there ever truly been a manifold of God's people - from every race, color, tongue, and tribe - standing in gospel unity? Long is the way, indeed.