The Message of Ruth by David Atkinson

The Message of Ruth by David Atkinson

Who among us had 'pandemic' marked on our calendars? Did you ever think a trip to the grocery store would feel dangerous or that you would long for just five minutes of listening to that annoying coworker? How many facemasks do you have hanging from your car's rearview mirror? Where do you stash your extra toilet paper?Written during the COVID-19 lockdown, Jim Blackwood, Jr.'s collection of 24 essays reminds us that even during a plague life continues, one thing after the other, both chaotic and utterly predictable. While for a time our worlds may have gotten smaller, some of the details of our lives have expanded. Bookended by stories about the long confinement and dangerous COVID haircuts, Jim finds the Zen of fast cars, introduces the permanent residents of dive bars, lives the sudden and slow disappearance of friends and family, reveals the epiphany of loud music, discovers a funny thing about adult theaters, tells a deep secret, walks foreboding desert landscapes, explains how memory fails us and reveals how a little dog taught him how to genuinely love. With no place to go and no friends to share a meal or a hug, the lockdown became a gift, a way to explore what we often miss in the blur of daily life. Never waste a pandemic.What many of us have learned is that if we are limber, with feet planted firmly on the ground, we bend and sway like a willow tree in a storm. When the battering wind of this pandemic finally passes, there we will be, fully upright again.

Atkinson, David M.: - David M. Atkinson was born north of Toronto, Canada, in 1947 and has been appearing on public platforms since he was 15. He has taught and preached in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil and Haiti. In his early years of ministry, he planted three churches whose assets today total several million dollars. He became the Pastor of the Dyer Baptist Church in Dyer, Indiana, in 1990. The church opened Plum Creek Christian Academy in 2006 and is reaching children and youths of all races in the south Chicago hub and Northwest Indiana. Pastor Wayne Shirton of Medicine Hat, Alberta, studied theology under him in 1970 and says, This author is the most creative thinker I have ever met. He is a poet and artist and has written numerous songs on current events. His songs on the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City and the shooting of the bell ringer in Bethlehem, Israel, received strong and enthusiastic responses from DJs and music reviewers around the world. He and his wife, Jane, have two grown children, April and Lee, who both serve in ministry.

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ISBN 13	9781789743388
ISBN 10	1789743389
Titel	The Message of Ruth
Autor	David Atkinson
Serie	The Bible Speaks Today Old Testament
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Inter-Varsity Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2022-04-21
Seitenanzahl	149
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