"'Now I Walk on Death Row' is a shocking book. It will make you uncomfortable. But if you are not uncomfortable in this world, you haven't yet seen it as it is." -- Dallas Willard (from the Foreword)

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MINNEAPOLIS, March 17, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- As a Wall Street finance lawyer, Dale Recinella had prestige, power and unthinkable paychecks at his fingertips. He was living the perfect American dream . . . at least on paper.

But behind every big deal he closed, a little more of his personal life crumbled away. After a failed second marriage that lasted only a month, he knew something had to change.

"At one point, almost every one of my law partners, most of my friends and even my first wife visited and begged me to stop. Stop drinking. Stop running. Stop moving. Stop. But I wasn't able to stop. I didn't know how to stop," says Recinella. "And every time I crashed, I always assumed it was because I didn't run fast enough. So I kept running faster. And the crashes kept getting bigger. My personal life was a mess."

Above the roar of life in the fast lane, Dale heard Jesus whispering to him, and he responded. And as Dale slowly pieced his life back together, he found that some pieces didn't fit.

"The Gospel was breaking down the invisible walls in my life, but some walls still stood that I had not yet seen or overcome," he said.

One wall that stopped him up short was this question: "Did Jesus really mean what he said?"

To answer it, Dale and his family took a life-changing leap into the words of Jesus. And their lives took an unfathomable turn as he heeded Jesus' call: He sold everything he owned and followed Him. Through a series of small decisions to follow where God was leading, Dale moved from the luxurious, fast-paced world of Wall Street to the stark, humble cells of death row.

With the warmth and ease of a natural storyteller, Dale shares his amazing journey of transformation from high-powered lawyer to humble lay chaplain. He reminds readers all along the journey that when they live out the words of Jesus, what they give up is nothing compared to what they receive in return.

"Dale's story is a bold reminder that no life should be treated lightly. In the weighty matters of justice and mercy, Dale chose to follow Jesus, who sided with the poor, the dispossessed and the despised. I hope what you read here impassions you to do the same." -- Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of "Dead Man Walking" and "The Death of Innocents"

About the Author: Dale S. Recinella has served for 13 years as a Catholic lay chaplain for Florida's death row and solitary confinement, and is vice president of finance and planning for Christian Healing Ministries. He is a licensed Florida lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in project finance. Dale has also been a columnist for "The Tallahassee Democrat" and "The Florida Catholic" and a frequent guest on worldwide Vatican Radio. He and his wife, Susan, have five children and live in Macclenny, Florida.

Now I Walk on Death Row:A Wall Street Finance Lawyer Stumbles into the Arms of a Loving God by Dale S. Recinella
ISBN 978-0-8007-9505-4; Trade Paper; $14.99; 320 pp.
Chosen Books/Baker Publishing Group

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