The God of Second Chances Stories of Lives Transformed By Faith

by Nelson, Marcia Z.

• ISBN13: 9781580511056
• ISBN10: 1580511058
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

Marcia Nelson reveals the U-turns and turning points on the path toward peace, freedom, and happiness. She helps us recognize GodOs saving grace by offering intimate glimpses into the lives of people whose faith has transformed their outlook and circumstances. Having traveled around the country to gather these stories, Nelson introduces us to women and men who have fought drug and alcohol addiction, traded crime for caring, converted loss and illness into compassion, and turned despair into joy. In meeting these people, and in sharing in NelsonOs own journey of faith, we encounter what is best about us and also most human: the ability to make mistakes, make amends, and make good. Along the way, we encounter the God who never gives up on us.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Phyllis Tickle
Introduction	xiii
Part I: Reversal
Grace moving	3	(14)
Anthony Hollins
Walking the good earth	17	(20)
Max Bonnin
Postcard: Memphis	31	(6)
Part II: Return
Serving time	37	(10)
Ra Chaka
Still Water	47	(18)
Melody Green
Postcard: New Orleans	57	(8)
Part III: Revision
Swept clean	65	(8)
Jorge Valdes
Good-news humor	73	(18)
Liz Curtis Higgs
Postcard: Indianapolis	83	(8)
Part IV: Remembrance
An anointing	91	(10)
Tracey Helton
Seeking mother wit	101	(20)
Norma McKeldin
Postcard: San Francisco	111	(10)
Part V: Rebirth
One at a time	121	(12)
Debbie Parnham
Loretta Winn
The message on the wall	133	(18)
Patty Henderson
Postcard: Phoenix	143	(8)
Part VI: Renewal
Repairing	151	(10)
Melvin Metelits
The 3Ps	161	(20)
Frank Plescha
Postcard: Philadelphia	173	(8)
Acknowledgments	181	(2)
Appendix: Organizations That Help People Change	183