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Beneath the Rubble
A True Story of Survival and Redemption
Sheldon & Annette Mickelson · ★★★★★
They lost everything. Then God rebuilt it.
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Sheldon and Annette Mickelson were buried under a mountain of failure.
Financial collapse. Addiction. Betrayal. A federal case that should have ended with a man in prison and a family in pieces.
Everything they built was destroyed.
And then God stepped in — and what happened next wasn't just restoration. It was multiplication.
- A federal judge reversed a guaranteed prison sentence
- A shattered marriage was healed from the inside out
- A broken family was made whole
- And a trash-hauling business that started with one broken truck became a multimillion-dollar company
This isn't fiction. This is what happens when heaven invades rock bottom.
Is this book for you?
This story is for anyone who has ever asked one specific question:
"Can God still use me after what I've done?"
Read this if —
- You've survived trauma or abuse, and you're still carrying the scars
- You've been hurt by religion and you're looking for a faith that actually heals
- Your marriage or your family feels like it's coming apart in your hands
- You've made mistakes you were sure you'd never come back from
- You've chased success, or love, or both — and you're still empty
- You've quietly wondered whether God could love someone like you
- You are desperate for a second chance and a way forward
If you found yourself somewhere on that list, this book was written for you. Sheldon and Annette have been where you are, and they will not pretend otherwise.
This isn't just a memoir. It's a lifeline.
Through raw honesty, moments you won't believe, and grace you can't argue with, Sheldon and Annette show you what becomes possible the day you stop hiding and start rebuilding — with God in the room.
This is the God who still does miracles. In courtrooms. In families. In broken hearts.
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Get A Free CopyWhy this book is on a church website
Because this is where the church came from.
Sheldon and Annette founded Amazing Grace Family Church. Every word on this site was forged in the story you'll read in that book. When we say there is no pile of rubble God can't get underneath, we're not being poetic.
We're telling you what happened to the people who started this place.
Lead a group through it
Nobody feels ambushed by a story.
Most people don't need a debate. They need a door.
Hand Beneath the Rubble to a coworker, a neighbor, a cousin who hasn't walked into a church in twenty years. It's a true story about people losing everything — and everybody alive knows what it's like to be under something. Then you sit down together, in person or on a screen, and talk about what actually happened.
That's a group. A book, a table, an honest conversation, and the freedom to say I don't know out loud.
You don't need a seminary degree to lead one. You need a book and a willingness to go first.