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A must-have for parents in high conflict divorce. Child Less
Parent: "Snapshots" of Parental Alienation provides vital
information, education, and support to divorced/divorcing parents
and their extended families. Parental Alienation causes children to
reject one parent after a divorce or separation and is often
considered a form of child abuse because of the negative
psychological impact it has on kids. Many "targeted" parents don't
seek help because they are fearful of losing their children
permanently or are ashamed of their situations. Child Less Parent:
"Snapshots" of Parental Alienation breaks down the barriers
preventing parents from seeking help by providing clear and easily
understood information. Accompanied by vivid photographs, Child
Less Parent affirms the value of the targeted parent and offers
hope to struggling families.
Basement Daisies is a collection of affirmations and beautiful
photography, designed to bring hope and joy to anyone who is
suffering, particularly cancer patients and their families.
Cape of Leaves is a compilation of accessible poems that explore
the emotions around life changes. From young love to divorce to
cancer survival, Cape of Leaves looks for truth in experiences.
Although Cape of Leaves is a stand-alone compilation, it can also
serve as a companion to Jennifer McBride's memoir, Touching the
Trees.
With wit and sensitivity, Jennifer McBride has captured the gamut
of emotions that accompany a rebirth of identity. From a traumatic,
life-altering decision as a young woman through a long-term
marriage that ultimately ended in divorce, she seeks out the truth
of her life -- who she was then and who she wants to be now.
Praised for her ability to take an ordinary situation and learn
indelible life lessons, Jennifer McBride touches people who are in
transition -- from married to single, from single to committed,
from mired to free, and from fearful to joyous. Each chapter is
beautifully crafted to allow the reader to pull what he or she
needs from the experience. Taken as a whole, though, the book
offers a story that is unerringly honest and powerful. It resonates
with hope. "Jennifer McBride's writing is insightful,
thought-provoking and comforting all at the same time. 'Plastic
Bags' seems to be written especially for me and about my
relationship. Thank you for giving a voice to the thoughts in my
head." -- Shannon Stewart Heer, House Springs, Missouri
Drawing on the writings of German pastor-theologian Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, Jennifer M. McBride constructs a groundbreaking
theology of public witness for Protestant church communities in the
United States. In contrast to the triumphal manner in which many
Protestants have engaged the public sphere, The Church for the
World shows how the church can offer a nontriumphal witness to the
lordship of Christ through repentant activity in public life. After
investigating current Christian conceptions of witness in the
United States, McBride offers a new theology for repentance as
public witness, based on Bonhoeffer's thought concerning Christ,
the world, and the church. McBride takes up Bonhoeffer's proposal
that repentance may be reinterpreted "non-religiously," expanding
and challenging common understandings of the concept. Finally, she
examines two church communities that exemplify ecclesial
commitments and practices rooted in confession of sin and
repentance. Through these communities she demonstrates that
confession and repentance may be embodied in various ways yet also
discerns distinguishing characteristics of a redemptive public
witness. The Church for the World offers important insights about
Christian particularity and public engagement in a pluralistic
society as it provides a theological foundation for public witness
that is simultaneously bold and humble: when its mode of being in
the world is confession of sin unto repentance, the church
demonstrates Christ's redemptive work and becomes a vehicle of
concrete redemption.
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