JOURNALIST-TURNED-MISSIONARY Donna Hussey Stewart says the series of books she authored and which she launched in St Andrew last week will hopefully educate people about global events and help reclaim Jamaica and the world “from the clutches of Satan”.

According to Hussey Stewart, her spiritual encounters and experiences, combined with the number of ungodly occurrences affecting the world, inspired her to write the books titled Taking Back Our Children From The Clutches Of Satan, Taking Back Our Nation From The Clutches Of Satan, and Taking Back Our Family From the Clutches of Satan.

Chairman of the Association of Christian Communicators and Media’s Family and Gender Committee, Dr Patience Alonge described the books as “excellent tools” and suggested that they be included in Jamaica’s school curriculum to educate more students on spiritual and moral principles.

“In a place like Jamaica we don’t need anybody to tell us what is happening with our children — we are suffering and we are praying but many are confused,” she said while recalling incidents she witnessed of young children disrespecting parents in public.

“The children need our rescue, and Satan has been working overtime so therefore these books are practical tools. If we read them as a nation and we apply them we are going to get results because they are biblical truths translated into a story and put into a practical way that government and families can understand,” Alonge said.

Jamaica Teachers’ Association President Leighton Johnson told guests at the launch that the books are a “beacon of inspiration” for Jamaicans to help resolve the issues affecting modern society.

“These books offer a timely reminder of the importance of reclaiming what truly matters to us as a nation. These books invite us to reflect on the crucial role that the entire nation — including our schools, churches, communities and our homes — must play in moulding the character and the potential of the next generation. We have to save them, we must save them,” he said.

Member of Parliament for Agago West County in northern Uganda, David Lagen, who was the guest speaker, commended Hussey Stewart for using her writing skills to create “a weapon of warfare that can be used to fight against the forces of darkness across the world”.

He encouraged Jamaicans to follow her footsteps by using their skills and talent to “save the world”.

“I believe that this book will make a very big difference in the world and I feel that this is the book that this generation and our children should be required to read,” he said.

“We have read so many folly books, so many folly stories that have had negative impacts on our life so when we see books of this kind being written by my sister, it is an honour,” he said.

During her reading of select pages of each of her books Hussey Stewart criticised larger nations and world organisations for promoting what she described as ungodly principles, particularly within schools.

“There are many schools that are teaching homosexuality, masturbation, the right to change their gender, among other such topics in the classrooms — even against the knowledge of parents,” she quoted from one of her books.

She specifically criticised the well known children’s book It’s Perfectly Normal, written by American Robie Harris, showing a copy with pages depicting nude images and topics promoting the acceptance of same-sex relationships, masturbation and gender identity.

She used the book as an example of what she said is the scale of spiritual warfare confronting the Church, and reiterated the significance of her books in educating Jamaicans.