When You Love a Prodigal
Title | When You Love a Prodigal PDF eBook |
Author | Judy Douglass |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2019-09-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493420089 |
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.
Prodigal Daughter
Title | Prodigal Daughter PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia Garrett |
Publisher | Spiritualchick Publishing |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2016-08-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780692770931 |
Candid, real, raw and challenging you will never find a more honest look at how identity gets lost in today's modern world than you will in Prodigal Daughter: A Journey Home To Identity. TV personality and Evangelist, Cynthia Garrett, shares an incredible red carpeted, celebrity filled, journey through her life, while teaching lessons that only experience applied to the Word Of God can teach. Whether through the luring appeal of the media, the shattering of divorce, the shame of sexual abuse, the anger of rape, the fear in battling cancer, the challenges of single motherhood, the war for self esteem, the confusion of fame, or the healing found in confronting brokenness head on, Cynthia Garrett teaches while she shares. She leads the reader on a very personal and powerful journey to finally finding, owning, and living victoriously in his/her authentic identity; even as she illustrates losing and finding her own amidst the privileged life she lived, and still lives, in Hollywood. We meet a faith that is inclusive and unifying as Cynthia teaches hundreds of thousands of men and women around the world today about faith in a way that builds bridges and doesn't divide, embraces rather than rips apart, and loves triumphantly over hate. All while keeping it real and uncompromised! Through Cynthia's story you will find your own story and through her search for identity yours will be solidified forever! Like all prodigal children the journey home is one that ends in the triumphant victory of a Father's open arms. But for prodigal daughters there is a special reward in finding a love you've always searched for, the knowledge you've always needed, and the life you've always dreamed of. Simply stated...this book is a MUST read!
Prodigal Daughter
Title | Prodigal Daughter PDF eBook |
Author | Rob Koke |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Total Pages | 221 |
Release | 2019-09-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0310356040 |
A gripping true story, Prodigal Daughter narrates a family's darkest time through addiction and their journey toward healing. Father and daughter team, Rob Koke - founder and Senior Pastor of Shoreline Church - and Danielle pull back the curtain on the mind-numbing power of addiction and offer hope and real strategies for those longing for freedom. Unashamed and heartwarming, Danielle shares intimately about her teenage alcohol abuse and dependence on marijuana and Adderall. She offers a rare, first-person insight into the mental and emotional effects of addiction, and what it takes to get and stay clean. Rob tells about his struggle with his daughter's addiction, dealing with its effect on their family, and the reality of what it looks like to love someone battling addiction in your own home. He explores common questions family members ask like: Why can't they just stop? Why did they turn to drugs when I gave them everything I could? Where did I go wrong? How do I help without enabling? In a raw, real-time glimpse, father and daughter reveal the vulnerable letters they shared with each other during Danielle's rehab. With transparency, Rob and Danielle disarm the shame factor, and share lessons and resources to prevent and overcome setbacks. This book is your field guide in the battle of addiction. Whether you're longing for freedom, or helping a loved one along the journey toward recovery, you're not alone. Danielle and Rob's story will challenge you with truth, equip you with strategies for the journey, and infuse your heart with hope.
Prodigal Parent Process
Title | Prodigal Parent Process PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Weiss |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2021-07-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781881292449 |
My Prodigal Son
Title | My Prodigal Son PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Cannell |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 161 |
Release | 2020-07-28 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
"My Prodigal Son and Our Journey Together" is a book written by the father of his son, Michael, who earnestly tried but failed to beat alcohol and drug addiction. It is narrated by his father describing the difficult journey his son chose and one that he did not take alone. His family was right there with him supporting and loving him wherever he was on his journey, no matter how difficult it was. The best way to describe the spirit and purpose of this book is to hear from both the father and son below.From Dad"I experienced a loss that I still cannot come to terms with. My beautiful son, Michael, died three years ago. Prior to his tragic ending, he tried everything to break away from his addictions of alcohol and drugs, but nothing worked. He was loved by many and befriended others suffering from the same disease as he did. His message to them is the same one he is sending through this book. In his very own words he described his journey as follows..."From his Son Michael"Dad, I never knew my life would get to this point. I am slowly losing everything due to something I thought I could never become. My denial has led me to death's door on so many occasions it's just a matter of time.***This book is a gift from Michael's father to his son. As you will read, Michael has been urging his dad through dreams, songs, and other means to write this book-His book as a cautionary tale to those who are flirting with alcohol and drugs- so as to give them a wakeup call what will be in store from them if they foolishly take the same fatal journey he did. Michael had everything - looks, brains, athleticism, a great sense of humor, was a musician, had so many friends, and so much more. He had everything until he lost it all to something he thought he could beat. The book describes how his son struggled to get back what he lost, but it was too late when he realized he had been robbed of everything that mattered to him. He reached the "point of no return." No one should have to reach this point, and no parent or loved one should have to watch helplessly on the sidelines as they self-destruct.Michael and his father want to bring meaning and purpose to his life by saving others from the journey he so regrettably took. This book is his way to achieve that.The good news for you is you have a reliable source telling you why the lure of alcohol and addiction is deceitful, promising a fading high for everything that ever mattered to you.Make Michael's life count - Let him speak to you through this book from behind the veil. Let him help you, your child, and anyone wise enough to learn how to live their lives free from addictions. He is rooting for you from where he is. Like Dr. Spock, he wants you to "Live Long and Prosper."
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Title | The Return of the Prodigal Son PDF eBook |
Author | Henri J. M. Nouwen |
Publisher | Image |
Total Pages | 162 |
Release | 2013-11-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0804152128 |
With over a million copies sold, this classic work is essential reading for all who ask, “Where has my struggle led me?” A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on an unforgettable spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell. As Nouwen reflects on Rembrandt’s painting in light of his own life journey, he evokes a powerful drama of the classic parable in a rich, captivating way that is sure to reverberate in the hearts of readers. Nouwen probes the several movements of the parable: the younger son’s return, the father’s restoration of sonship, the elder son’s resentfulness, and the father’s compassion. The themes of homecoming, affirmation, and reconciliation will be newly discovered by all who have known loneliness, dejection, jealousy, or anger. The challenge to love as God loves, and to be loved as God’s beloved, will be seen as the ultimate revelation of the parable known to Christians throughout time, and is here represented with a vigor and power fresh for our times.
Prodigal Christianity
Title | Prodigal Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | David E. Fitch |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 227 |
Release | 2013-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1118240731 |
An engaging and thoughtful book that guides readers into the frontiers of being a missional Christian Prodigal Christianity offers a down-to-earth, accessible, and yet provocative understanding of God's mission of redemption in the world, and how followers of Christ can participate in this work. It speaks into the discontent of all those who have exhausted conservative, liberal, and even emergent ways of being Christian and are looking for a new way forward. It offers building blocks for missional theology and practice that moves Christians into a gospel-centered way of life for our culture and our times. Offers a compelling and creative vision for North American Christians Puts forth a theology and ten critical signposts that must be observed to follow a missional way of life: post-Christendom, missio Dei, incarnation, witness, scripture, gospel, church, sexuality, justice, pluralism Asks questions and points to issues that trouble many leaders in the post-modern, post-denominational, post-Christendom church This book can fill the gap for the average Christian left discontented with the current options "after evangelicalism."