One defining moment in John Grisham's spiritual journey came several years after graduating from Mississippi State University, when one of his classmates in law school told John he was terminally ill. The author asked him: "What do you do when you realize you are about to die?"
The friend replied, "It's real simple. You get things right with God, and you spend as much time with those you love as you can. Then you settle up with everybody else."
