Ragman - reissue: And Other Cries of FaithUpdated 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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... covered his bones with an army blanket . And he died . Oh , how I cried to witness that death ! I slumped in a junked car and wailed and mourned as one who has no hope - because I had come to love the Ragman . Every other face Ragman 5.
... death , observe the windy rage of its diges- tion in the time between . But what do such solar figures do to the size of me ? And what are my own travels and my age and my death beside this brutal fire in the universe ? Tiny , tiny ...
... death , your hands extended , ready to receive me to your kingdom - not only the same God as hears me now , but in the same eternal moment as now I pray ! Ah , Lord , who , before Abraham was , is ! Eternal God , such thoughts are too ...
... death are the truest doors against me . Then what is left ? How can I come to my beloved ? Where's the entrance that will not frighten nor kill her ? By what door can love arrive after all , truly to nurture her , to take the loneliness ...
Contents
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Time and the Christ | 27 |
De Aranea | 29 |
The Cry of the Whole Congregation | 32 |
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 |