Ragman - reissue: And Other Cries of Faith

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Harper Collins, Jan 6, 2004 - Fiction - 224 pages

Updated with eleven new stories and meditations, this Gold Medallion–winning classic interweaves vivid stories, deep meditations, and provocative allegories that together explore the power and meaning of love within an often inhumane urban landscape. The opening chapter, "Ragman," remains one of Walter Wangerin Jr.'s most beloved works and leads the reader to thirty–three other writings, all bearing the author's trademark poignancy and lyricism. Ranging from gentle reflections to heart–rending invocations, these selections are powerful, thought–provoking explorations of the meaning of faith, the person of Christ, and the communion of believers. Again and again, Wangerin's cries of faith touch our deepest pains with rays of joyful healing.

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Contents

A Christmas Pastorale
92
A Minister for the Nations
99
Servants of the Cross
108
Clara Schreiber
116
Body of Christ Youre a Woman
128
Killing by the Little Cuts
134
To Joseph at His Confirmation
140
To Matthew at His Confirmation
156

Lily
50
The Poet and His Congregation to Christ
59
THE SERVANT OF CHRIST
61
The Time in the City 33
63
Preaching
64
The Making of a Minister
73
To Mary at Her Confirmation
165
Fights Unfought Forgiveness Forgone
174
To Talitha at Her Confirmation
182
And Through the Night Watch Oer Your Beds
191
The Body of ChristSet Free
203
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Page 106 - You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven...
Page 37 - And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord : peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Page 40 - Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you ; do this in remembrance of me.
Page 84 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away- their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 47 - Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 47 - Calvary's mournful mountain climb, There, adoring at His feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own Sacrifice complete. " It is finished !" hear Him cry; Learn of Jesus Christ to die.
Page 44 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Page 64 - I spoke to you while I was still with you — that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.
Page 41 - Bowring, 1825. 73. 95 ^O to dark Gethsemane, ^•* Ye that feel the tempter's power ; Your Redeemer's conflict see : Watch with Him one bitter hour : Turn not from His griefs away ; Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.

About the author (2004)

Walter Wangerin Jr. is the National Book Award-winning author of The Book of the Dun Cow. His other books include The Book of God, Ragman and Other Cries of Faith, and Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace.

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