{"title":"Ragan Courtney","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"do-you-still-do-things-with-clay-book-ragan-courtney-9781641731041","title":"Do You Still Do Things with Clay?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow do we build our faith in God?\u003cbr\u003eHow do we encourage others' faith journeys?\u003cbr\u003e How do we walk humbly with God?\u003cbr\u003e How do we trust God to be God?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRagan Courtney's second volume of poetry explores issues common to many Christ-followers. As Courtney writes in the preface, he offers his thoughts, questions, hopes, doubts, and epiphanies on these questions so he will be as a little water soaking the soil and making a muddy, ruddy clay . . .  because] if God still does things with clay . . . I want to be available, pliable, and ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRagan Courtney\u003c\/b\u003e has been writing poetry since his school days and had his first poem published when he was just fifteen. Since then, he has written, directed, and performed in numerous plays, musicals, and pageants. A graduate of Louisiana College and The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Ragan Courtney has the ability to turn faith and doubt into a pilgrimage through the words that make up his plays and his poems. Ragan lives in Houston with his wife, Cynthia, where he continues writing, directing, and consulting for theatrical productions. Ragan and Cynthia are the proud parents of two grown children, Will and Lily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Ragan Courtney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am so glad the world will finally know what I've known for over 30 years. Ragan Courtney is a true poet. Enjoy  -\u003cb\u003eMark Lowry, Member of the Gaither Vocal Band and Songwriter of Mary Did You Know?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52752648929553,"sku":"NIN9781641731041","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781641731041.jpg?v=1763562239"},{"product_id":"holy-ghosts-book-ragan-courtney-9781573128711","title":"Holy Ghosts","description":"When the dead come to mind, they are like holy ghosts, as real as hope or faith, as tangible as trust and love. This book is a collection of questions, memories, and loves that continue to live with me, in me, and through me. . . . Here is displayed the basis of my personal faith that encompasses the story of a man who rose from the dead and showed all who would see that death is not the end. Life is. Period. -from the preface","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53776739336465,"sku":"CIN1573128716VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781573128711.jpg?v=1784026933"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-ragan-courtney.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}