Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? : A Book about Children and Parents

by Walter Wangerin Jr., Author of the National Book Award-Winning Book of the Dun Cow

• ISBN13: 9780310248262
• ISBN10: 0310248264
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-28
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

Growing up is hard -- at any age. The stories, essays, prayers, and poems in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? by award-winning author Walter Wangerin Jr. portray children, teenagers, adults, and parents as they grapple with the deep realities of life. Painting with bold brushstrokes of human emotion and using a wise and gentle humor, Wangerin probes the relationships between children and their parents and what they have to show us about God and ourselves as his children. This updated edition of Wangerin's beloved collection includes twelve new stories, fresh from the master storyteller's pen. Through personal reminiscences as a child, minister, and parent, Wangerin helps us see our world anew, revealing the wonderful, open secret that parenthood and childhood are the great, miraculous, and profound mysteries of our lives. In the words of the author to an abused child ... Book jacket.

Author Biography

Walter Wangerin Jr. is widely recognized as one of today's most gifted writers on issues of faith and spirituality. Starting with the renowned Book of the Dun Cow, which won the National Book Award, Wangerin's writing career has encompassed almost every genre, from fiction to children's story to biblical exposition and more. Wangerin lives in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he is writer-in-residence at Valparaiso University and holds the Jochum Chair

Table of Contents

The Lamb	7	(1)
A Dedication: For My Own Four Children	8	(1)
Introduction: You Are, You Are, You Are	9	(6)
PART 1: THE CHLD OF HIS PARENTS
1. Spring Cleaning	15	(4)
2. Lookin' for Jesus in All the Wrong Place	19	(5)
3. "No, Grandpa, Watch My Mouth: Caffy-Caps!"	24	(12)
4. MY Shield and Portion Be	36	(8)
5. 'Twas Grace That Tauhgt My Heart to Fear	44	(4)
6. And Grace My Fears Relieved	48	(5)
7. But When I Became a Man	53	(8)
8. Cry	61	(5)
9. Kinder- and Hausmarehen	66
PART 2: THE PASTOR OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS TOGETHER
10. Turn and Become Like Little Children	79	(5)
11. I Love Thee, Baby B	84	(4)
12. An Instruction: The Difference Between Punishment and Discipline	88	(7)
13. An Instruction: Introducing Children to the Faith	95	(15)
14. Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?	110	(9)
15. All the Assaulted	119	(4)
PART 3: THE PARENT OF HIS CHILDREN
16. Snowbound	123	(5)
17. "Masterpieces!"	128	(4)
18. No Fields of Yellow Flowers Anymore	132	(15)
19. Daughtertalk	147	(4)
20. The Altar of Motherhood	151	(4)
21. Commencement	155	(4)
22. P.U.T.T.T	159	(4)
23. To the Pools of Siloam	163	(4)
24. "I Always Knew You'd Call"	167	(14)
25. Keepsake	181	(4)
PART 4: THE PARENT OF HIS PARENTS
26. Live Long on the Earth	185	(4)
27. Red, Red, the Bloodred Kiss	189	(3)
28. Dorothy—In the Crown of God	192	(4)
29. "Do You Remember That Night?"	196	(4)
30. Rise, Dorothy, Rise	200	(5)
PART 5: THE GRANPARENT, FINALLY, OF MANY
31. A Noah Tree	205	(12)
32. A Psalm: God in a Grandchild, Smiling	217
33. My Name Is Dorothy Bohlmann	215	(6)
34. Dust	221	(1)
35. One Man on a Tractor, Far Away	222	(17)
36. When You Get There, Wait!	239