In this book the authors use stories to take you on a journey that explores the strategies God uses to ensure that we come His way. The stories are often gentle, portraying, for example, the innocence that can occur only in childhood, or the pure joy that is experienced when a child recovering from a brain tumor comes home to stay. But the stories can also be graphically disturbing as is seen in the description of a factory co-worker whose arm is crushed in a massive press or the horrific depiction of the senseless beating of an adolescent child.
However, all the stories will show how God acts directly or indirectly in our lives. As you read, you will see Gods unexpected presentation of Himself in the form of a Chicago beggar and His warm presence in the eyes of a younger brother. Other stories reveal that God never gives up on us, placing in our lives people who teach us about the strength, wisdom, compassion, and courage needed to love and finally come home to Him.
Unlike what some of us may have been taught about a God of vengeance and power, this book focuses upon a God of compassion and boundless love and upon the patient heart of the Father aching for response, the Lover who without reciprocation continues to love.
Chapter after chapter, examples are given to show how God is constantly sweeping and making clear our path to Him. From the time of our birth, we are all on our journey home. In the opinion of the authors, those nudges and bumps we feel on the way are never accidental. They are the prodding and pushing of a God who simply refuses to let us go, a God who is the consummate lover.
Sobre el autor
Marion J. Golarz was born in Conneaut, Ohio to Marion and Michael Simpson. She was the sixth of seven children. As a child she attended St. Mary’s School. After securing her B.S. in English Language Arts from Indiana University, she taught at Bishop Noll High School near Chicago. After securing an M.S. with certification in the area of reading from Indiana University, she worked for the Title I program as a reading teacher helping elementary, middle school and high school students who needed remedial instruction.
At Purdue Calumet and Indiana University East she taught English composition and enjoyed working with students in the writing lab at Purdue Calumet. She has presented at conferences throughout the country. Working in various venues with teachers, parents, and administrators, she presented research, book reviews, and led discussions on educational topics.
With her husband of 49 years, Raymond, she has co-authored The Power of Participation, and Sweet Land of Liberty. Together she and Raymond have six children: Tanya Scherschel, Michael Golarz, Dr. Scott Golarz, Jocelyn Golarz, Daniel Golarz and Thomas John Golarz. They presently have seven grandchildren.
Marion is an avid reader and lover of good writing. She currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana with Raymond and their two cats Lucky and Patches. Life remains full.
Raymond J Golarz was born in East Chicago, Indiana to Helen and John (Lefty) Golarz. He was one of five children. His early childhood was split between living in East Hammond, Indiana and in Hessville, Indiana. Thus, as a child he attended both St. Mary’s and Our Lady of Perpetual Help elementary schools. For the first two years of high school, he attended Our Lady of the Lake Seminary in Indiana and as a college student he attended St. Lawrence Seminary in Wisconsin.
After securing his B.A. and B.S. degrees from St. Joseph’s College in Indiana, and an M.S. from Indiana University, he taught and coached at Saint Michael’s school and Bishop Noll high school where he met Marion. He later secured his Ed.D. from Indiana University and then served as the Director of Child Welfare Services, supervising delinquency prevention and intervention programs and working with delinquent gangs and drug intervention programs. At the college level, he taught psychology and sociology courses at St. Joseph’s College, Purdue Calumet, Indiana University Northwest. For ten years, he enjoyed teaching psychology near Chicago to law enforcement officers. At City College in Seattle, Washington, he taught master level education courses. He has served as an assistant superintendent and superintendent of public schools and has keynoted conferences in virtually every Canadian Province and state in the United States.
Besides the books that he has co-authored with Marion, he is the co-author of Restructuring Schools for Excellence through Teacher Empowerment, the author of When the Yellow Jackets Played, and a companion book, Yellow Jacket Football in Hard Times and Good. These books focused on the strengths of the early immigrants who came to America. All of his life Ray has enjoyed sketching, oil painting, and carpentry. The enjoyment of carpentry he considers a gift from his father, father-in-law and grandfathers.
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