The Barnabas Act

She came to run VBS. He made her laugh. God had other plans - and they were better than anything on the schedule.

Nadia Cruz doesn't do messy. As the new Children's Ministry Coordinator at Cornerstone Community Church, she arrives for Vacation Bible School week with color-coded binders, laminated schedules, and exactly zero margin for a rogue motorized donkey.

Caleb Hartwell is the chaos. The beloved volunteer who has played the bumbling Barnabas the Bold for six straight summers arrives fifteen minutes late in a half-finished costume - and immediately falls face-first in front of sixty children who erupt in pure joy. Behind the oversized sandals and the slapstick is a man still quietly grieving his younger sister, still hiding behind a performance that's easier than being known. Until Nadia walks in with her perfect binders and her careful walls, and for the first time in years, he wants to be seen.

Over five glorious days of craft glue, improvised Bible skits, and one small boy who wandered off to ask God a question in the prayer garden, something neither of them scheduled begins to take root - a faith that chooses joy, and a love that starts with laughter.

• A warm, witty Christian romance full of heart, genuine humor, and faith woven into every scene
• Two beautifully drawn leads - a perfectionist learning to receive grace, and a grieving performer learning to take off the costume
• An unforgettable ensemble including one irrepressible matchmaking volunteer, one perceptive eight-year-old, and one very determined foam donkey
• Faith themes that feel real - joy as ministry, grief held alongside hope, the courage of showing up without a script
• Clean and wholesome romance - tender, earned, and worth every single page