Prodigals

Author : Greg Jackson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374713751

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Prodigals by Greg Jackson Pdf

"People are bullets, fired," the narrator declares in one of the desperate, eerie stories that make up Greg Jackson's Prodigals. He's fleeing New York, with a woman who may be his therapist, as a storm bears down. Self-knowledge here is no safeguard against self-sabotage. A banker sees his artistic ambitions laid bare when he comes under the influence of two strange sisters. A midlife divorcée escapes to her seaside cottage only to find a girl living in it. A journalist is either the guest or the captive of a former tennis star at his country mansion in the Auvergne. Jackson's sharp debut drills into the spiritual longing of today's privileged elite. Adrift in lives of trumpeted possibility and hidden limitation, in thrall to secondhand notions of success, the flawed, sympathetic, struggling characters in these stories seek refuge from meaninglessness in love, art, drugs, and sex. Unflinching, funny, and profound, Prodigals maps the degradations of contemporary life with unusual insight and passion--from the obsession with celebrity, to the psychological debts of privilege, to the impotence of violence, to the loss of grand narratives. Prodigals is a fiercely honest and heartfelt look at what we have become, at the comedy of our foibles and the pathos of our longing for home.

Author : Jay Fliegelman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : 0521317266

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Prodigals and Pilgrims by Jay Fliegelman Pdf

The author traces a constellation of intimately related ideas - about the nature of parental authority and filial rights, of moral obligation of Scripture, of the growth of the mind and the nature of historical progress - from their most important English and continental expressions in a variety of literary and theological texts, to their transmission, reception and application in Revolutionary America and in the early national period of American culture.

Author : Greg Ross Taylor
Publisher : ACU Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781684268757

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Prodigals by Greg Ross Taylor Pdf

The most famous story of Jesus retold Prodigals digs deeply into each line from Jesus’s famous parable about the prodigal son, inviting all readers―those down on their luck or high on their horse―to identify as prodigals. A prodigal is anyone who accepts they have a sinful human nature and turns toward the love of home, the place where we find a deeper relationship with God. Rather than divide the world into prodigals and nonprodigals, Taylor invites readers to find themselves in the teaching of Jesus as either younger or elder siblings. The life-changing power of the book comes when readers begin to identify with the characters in the story and join in the prayers and calls for transformation that conclude the chapters. -Proceeds from the book benefit 1256movement.org. -The author has lived and traveled internationally and relates the greatest parable Jesus ever told to his experiences across the United States and countries such as Israel, Uganda, the Netherlands, and Honduras. -The author has set up an email account to receive prodigal stories from readers for possible inclusion in future editions of Prodigals: [email protected].

Author : Sarah Beth Childers
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820364650

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Prodigals by Sarah Beth Childers Pdf

Prodigals, a memoir inessays, explores the life of Sarah Beth Childers'swildly creative brother, who committed suicide at twenty-two, and her life with him and after him, through the lens of the Biblical parable of the Prodigal Son. This book examines the ways Childers's brother's story was both universal and uniquely Appalachian. While the archetype of the prodigal son carries all its assumed baggage, the Appalachian setting of Prodigals brings its own influences.Childers foregrounds the Appalachian landscape in her narrative, depicting its hardwood forests, winding roads, mining-stained creeks and rivers, hill-clinging goats and cows, neighborhoods and trailer parks tucked between mountains. The Childers family's fervent religious faith and resistance to medical intervention seemsnormal in this world, as doestheir conflicting desires to both escape from Appalachia and to stay forever at home. Weaving in the stories of other famous prodigals, including Branwell Brontë, the alcoholic brother of the Brontë sisters; Jimmy Swaggart, the fallen televangelist;Robert Crumb, her brother's beloved author of sexist and racist comic books; and even herself, Childers examines the role of the prodigalwithin the intimate tapestry of family life and beyond-to its larger sociocultural meanings.

Author : James Banks
Publisher : Our Daily Bread Publishing
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781572935396

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Prayers for Prodigals by James Banks Pdf

When you’re the parent of a prodigal, you know you can never pray enough. But how do you persevere when you’re tired and discouraged? Prayers for Prodigals offers encouragement for parents to “come boldly before the throne of grace” and intercede daily for their children through a series of inspirational prayers. The book also includes fourteen brief meditations, which are drawn from Scripture and the writer’s and others’ personal experiences with prodigal children, such as Ruth and Billy Graham and Monica, the mother of Augustine. This unique book inspires parents in a sustained, daily prayer effort for their prodigal children.

Author : Quin Sherrer,Ruthanne B. Garlock
Publisher : Gospel Light Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830725636

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Praying Prodigals Home by Quin Sherrer,Ruthanne B. Garlock Pdf

The enemy has used the temptations of this world to lure so many of our young people away from the values and teaching of their Christian upbringing. Best-selling authors Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock have both endured the pain of waiting for the return of prodigal children. Yet even as they gave each situation into the hands of the Lord, they did not wait passively, succumbing to fear and despair. Instead they battled for their children in prayer, waiting expectantly for Almighty God to intervene. And He did! Now they tell the parents of prodigals how to pray their prodigals home, and how the experience can draw parents into the arms of their heavenly Father and strengthen their bonds of love.

Author : James Banks
Publisher : Discovery House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781640701830

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Prayers for Prodigals by James Banks Pdf

One of the most devastating experiences for a Christian parent is when a child walks away from faith in Jesus. James Banks has had that experience not once but twice, and he has also experienced the joy of answered prayer, of a prodigal restored. In this updated and expanded Prayers for Prodigals, you will be directed to the source of peace in painful circumstances. Each week you will find encouragement from a father who understands your heartbreak. And you will find daily scriptural prayers and prayer tips to help you come to the heavenly Father with gut-wrenching honesty and hope-filled persistence. As you face heartbreak and hopelessness, this book points to the ultimate source of hope—God. And encourages you and your family to trust Him.

Author : Rob Parsons
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830856169

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Bringing Home the Prodigals by Rob Parsons Pdf

Written for anyone who cries for a prodigal to return, whether daughter, son, sister, brother, spouse, or friend.

Author : Linda Clare
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736979016

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Prayers for Parents of Prodigals by Linda Clare Pdf

“Perfect for anyone navigating the often-tumultuous journey of prodigals. This will bring solace and much-needed hope.”—Mary DeMuth, author of Healing Every Day Where to Turn When You Love a Wayward Child You know what your child needs most is love. And you’ve given it to him over and over again. You’ve done all you can to train up your child, and yet you’re left brokenhearted as you watch her choose a different path. Parents who love their prodigal no matter what, know that watching their child walk away can cause overwhelming guilt, frustration, and sadness. Whether you’re still waiting for your child’s return or are navigating your relationship after he or she has come home, this collection of topical prayers offers God’s comfort, wisdom, and compassion. Find encouragement in your journey with heartfelt prayers for faith hope forgiveness trust courage peace miracles grace As much as you love your prodigal, you can rest in the blessed assurance that your heavenly Father loves your child even more.

Author : Ruth Bell Graham
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441200347

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Prodigals and Those Who Love Them by Ruth Bell Graham Pdf

Ruth Bell Graham knew about prodigals--two of her five children were spiritual wanderers. This is not a "how to" book that dispenses easy advice on ways to win back a prodigal. Instead, it is a collection of readings one woman turned to for comfort when her children wandered from God. It shows how Graham's faith persevered and grew regardless of the outcome of her prodigals' stories. Part One introduces readers to five prodigals who "returned to the father." Part Two offers comfort and encouragement through Scripture, poems, hymns, prayers, and more. Readers will be touched by the honest feelings of pain, frustration, and uncertainty Graham expresses so eloquently. And they will share in the lessons she learned about God's sovereignty and ultimate peace. Now beautifully repackaged, Prodigals and Those Who Love Them brings peace and hope to all parents of "wayward" children.

Author : Douglas Weiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1881292444

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Prodigal Parent Process by Douglas Weiss Pdf

Author : Judy Douglass
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493420087

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When You Love a Prodigal by Judy Douglass Pdf

Loving a prodigal is a long and desperate journey, filled with fear, worry, anger, self- recrimination. You wait for the phone call--will it be from jail or the hospital? You plead with your loved one. You search for help. You feel the shame. You cry out to God, "How long, Lord?" Author Judy Douglass knows these lovers of prodigals well. She is one herself and has created a large and growing community with others. When You Love a Prodigal is a collection of 90 essays--90 days of perspective on what God offers to you as you love your prodigal. At the end of each brief essay, response questions will help you process how God intends to use the wilderness journey to mold your spiritual life. You can work through it day by day, or you can read it straight through. Judy has traveled this road with her own prodigal--reading, learning, praying, and seeking God. Over and over he continued to give her wisdom, he sustained her, he covered her with grace, and he filled her with hope. May you, too, be strengthened and filled with hope as together you discover how God will take you through your own valley.

Author : Alison M. Jack
Publisher : Biblical Refigurations
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198817291

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The Prodigal Son in English and American Literature by Alison M. Jack Pdf

The Parable of the Prodigal Son is one of the best-known stories in the Bible. It has captured the imagination of commentators, preachers and writers. Alison M. Jack explores the reconfiguring of the character of the Prodigal Son and his family in literature in English. She considers diverse literary periods and genres in which the paradigm is particularly prevalent, such as Elizabethan literature, the work of Shakespeare, the novels of female Victorian writers, the American short story tradition, novels focused on the lives of ordained ministers, and the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Iain Crichton Smith. Drawing on scholarship from biblical and literary studies, this study demonstrates the remarkable potency of the parable in generating new, and at times contradictory, meanings in different contexts. Historical and literary criticism are brought into dialogue to explore this remarkably resilient and nimble character as he dances through drama, novels and poetry across the centuries.

Author : Robert Pruter
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : 0252065069

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Doowop by Robert Pruter Pdf

The Chicago Tribune's Bill Dahl praised Robert Pruter's Doowop for "vividly describ ing] an enchanting time on the local music scene, when a handful of teenagers could taste rock 'n' roll stardom with harmonies they cooked up on a street corner." Pruter foraged sources from fanzines to the Chicago Defender and conducted extensive interviews in cooking up Doowop, which chronicles the careers of such legendary 1950s groups as the Flamingos, the Moonglows, the Spaniels, and the El Dorados, along with virtually every other Chicago doowop group that contributed to that era.

Author : William Arthur Poovey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0806617632

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Prodigals and Publicans by William Arthur Poovey Pdf