Crosswinds Author:Martha Cheavens A third story, "The Ringing Stars," was optioned by Hollywood, but apparently never produced. It concerns a Navy chaplain who loses his faith during the war, but rediscovers it while serving his flock at home in Texas. (Although not necessarily the inspiration for this story, Cheavens' brother Frank Cheavens served briefly as a Baptist minister ... more »in Texas before becoming a psychologist). The script was retitled twice, as Fall on Your Knees and Crosswinds. "He was jealous of her religion because it was the only part of her which he did not possess. ..He tried to convert her to his own atheism, and it infuriated him because he was not successful. Her God was not a God of wrath and evngeance, but one of love and mercy...He could not fight that." A very inspiring book.« less