When was the last time you took a chance? For the small group of friends in Flying A Kite At Night During A Storm, taking a chance means many things: letting go, learning to love, allowing yourself feel again after a staggering personal loss. In turn amusing and poignant, this is a story about the foundations of friendship and overcoming fear: the fear of loneliness, the fear of the unknown, the fear of life and ultimately, the fear of not having lived to your full extent. From the first page of this extraordinary work, you are asked: in an age where your life can change in a single instant...
When was the last time you took a chance? For the small group of friends in Flying A Kite At Night During A Storm, taking a chance means many things: ...
Description: Historically, people who have risen to the occasion to speak of faith for their generation have been keenly aware of their own limitations-whether Moses, who was ""slow of speech,"" or Isaiah, who was concerned that he spoke with ""unclean lips."" The question both Moses and Isaiah seem to be asking is, who am I to speak for God? And we wonder in turn, was it they who spoke, or God who spoke through them? These biblical images carry the weight of the question raised by the essays in this volume. How is preaching both the work of God and yet also a function of the individual's own...
Description: Historically, people who have risen to the occasion to speak of faith for their generation have been keenly aware of their own limitation...
