Ellis D Lucas

Ellis Lucas

The Potter and the Clay

“Nobody is ever without hope.” —Ellis Lucas

While he never envisioned becoming an author, Ellis Lucas is a natural-born storyteller nonetheless. And in an age where it feels like everyone, even the most inconsequential of public figures and celebrities, feels compelled to chronicle their life’s journey in memoir form, Ellis Lucas’s biography The Potter and the Clay and it’s highly anticipated follow up book Wanted aren’t yet another ho-hum account of a few of humanity’s shared experiences.

Ellis’ story is raw, yet compelling; it reaches down to the gutter of human despair and rises to the height of divine providence. It’s a gritty, real-life story of pain and utter transformation. A riveting and transparent page-turner chronicled in the pages of his nail-biting true autobiography. A true story filled with love and betrayal, a veritable mountain of loss, and eventually, sweet redemption. The Potter and the Clay and Wanted also offers a powerful takeaway, namely that no matter how far someone feels from salvation, hope, change and, yes, even total renewal is never out of reach.

“Through everything, broken relationships, addictions, anger, a house fire and, homelessness, narrowly avoiding imprisonment, to a very powerful and personal encounter with Jesus Christ and then total renewal has taught me an invaluable life lesson, namely how there is no human life beyond God’s infinite desire and enduring passion to love and to know,” Ellis shares. “There’s also no situation, pain, sin or failure beyond His desire to forgive, heal and restore, if we are willing to humble ourselves in true Biblical repentance and meet God on His own terms.”

While growing up in a small, seemingly idyllic Midwest farming community, Ellis says he encountered authentic Christianity at a young age. His mother, the late Mary Jeanette Lucas, was in his words “an amazing woman” who was “radically in love with Jesus Christ and made that perfectly clear in everything she did.” And while living in a household guided by the words of Joshua 24:15, Ellis, the youngest of four children and his parents’ only son while growing up, saw a true example of someone who put others before herself and was truly transformed and renewed through a very real and personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In what’s a key moment in every believer’s life, however, the faith of his family eventually needed to become his own. And it wasn’t until after his beloved mother, Mary Jeanette, passed away that Ellis became “a true transformed believer in, and follower of, Jesus Christ.”

“Without a doubt, my mother’s consistent devotion left an eternal impression upon my heart that ultimately prevailed, leading me straight into the safe and loving arms of Jesus at age thirty-five,” Ellis says. “I’m forever grateful to her for it! It was the memory of that persistent Christ-centered love lived out in her daily life that remained deeply embedded in my subconscious long after she was gone that somehow managed to transcend life and death, seasons of joy and pain, countless trials and difficult circumstances, including years of drug and alcohol abuse, depression, divorce, and then ultimately, complete hopelessness.”

“The life of someone like Ellis Lucas usually doesn’t get written in books; instead, it’s “written” on the garbage heaps and junk piles of blighted urban areas—the saddest parts of our cities, which record the tales of those who’ve totally given up to alcoholism, defeat, drug addiction, rejection, and a whole lot more, but not someone like Ellis Lucas. Ellis’s life today is a gift to life itself. Meeting Ellis in person or on the phone, one is struck by the hugeness of his heart - recognizing that here is a person who has overcome a great deal. Ellis is a man who has moved through immeasurable pain and fears to conquer a mountain of tragedy through a very personal and powerful relationship with Jesus Christ” – Mike Schwager!

“My life had been so completely destroyed that I’d come to believe there was absolutely no hope of ever-changing, and all I had to look forward to was whatever awaited me beyond the grave—most likely judgment,” Ellis shares. “But while locked up for a day in the Clay County Missouri Jail, at the end of life as I knew it, Jesus Christ stretched out His mighty hand of grace made Himself known along with an astonishing revelation. God loved me and had an amazing plan for my life if I would open my heart and receive Him that day. I did, and what happened next is a message I want the whole world to hear.”

Born in Cameron, Missouri, Ellis Lucas lives in Pueblo, Colorado, with his adorable wife Peggi Sue, the real inspiration behind Ellis becoming an author and co-founder of His Heart United Network of Christian Ministries.

For more information about Ellis, visit www.HisHeartUnited.org or www.ellislucas.com. Your heart will be better for it.