Title: This Present Darkness: God’s Glorious Light
Author: Colleen Cassidy

“This Present Darkness: God’s Glorious Light” is the unforgettable true story of a woman who walked through hell – and found God waiting in the flames.

With poetic honesty and unflinching courage, Colleen Cassidy reveals a life marked by trauma, survival, supernatural encounters, and breathtaking redemption. From childhood wounds and near-death experiences, to betrayal, spiritual warfare, and moments where Heaven touched earth, this memoir is both raw and radiant – a testimony of God’s relentless mercy.

Every chapter pulls back the curtain on darkness, only to reveal the piercing light of God’s presence breaking through again and again.

This memoir is more than a story—
it is a lifeline for the hurting, the ashamed, and the overlooked.
It is a reminder that God still sees, still rescues, still restores.

Her journey leads all the way to Israel—
to the Western Wall where she cried out the name of Jesus,
to the Sea of Galilee where Scripture comes alive,
to the Southern Steps where Jesus walked,
and to the Mount of Olives, where she witnessed an enormous, blazing orange sunset unlike anything she had ever seen.

A radiant sphere of fire sank over Jerusalem—so huge and glorious she finally understood why Jesus went there to pray, to teach, and to weep.
As the sun descended, her group softly sang the ancient promise: “Hu Yavo—He will come.”
Standing on that mountain, overlooking the city where the King will one day return, she felt prophecy brush her spirit like a whisper of destiny.

In Jerusalem, God also revealed the true purpose of her pilgrimage:
to place her memoir into the hands of a psalmist whose music had carried her through the darkest chapters of her life.
The ending of her book honors his songs—the melodies that kept her standing through even her hardest seasons.
In Israel, she was able to give that testimony back to the one who first sang it.
It was a divine appointment, woven by Heaven itself.

In these pages, you will meet:

– A survivor who refused to quit
– A covenant child of Abraham
– A Daughter of Thunder
– America’s Momma, marked by compassion
– And a Momma to the Nations, marked by love

“This Present Darkness: God’s Glorious Light” is for anyone who wonders if beauty can rise from ashes, if mercy still shows up, if God still brings light into impossible places.

Colleen’s answer is simple:
Yes.
And here is the proof.