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Memoir of a Misfit: Finding My Place in the Family of God By Mar
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- Title
- Memoir of a Misfit: Finding My Place in the Family of God
- ISBN
- 9780787963996
- Book Title
- Memoir of a Misfit : Finding My Place in the Family of God
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Religion
- Topic
- Christian Life / General, Christian Life / Spiritual Growth
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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"In a sense, of course, all believers are strangers in a strange land-- some, as they say, are just stranger than others. That would be my friends and me." Like Marcia Ford, most of us have felt, at one time or another, as if we are on a different wavelength from the rest of the world. Try as we might, we don't fit in-- not in society and certainly not in the church. Despite our best efforts at camouflage, despite our hopes that we may finally have found a group of kindred believers, people still look at us funny. But if we stop to think about it, we're not in bad company. After all, Jesus was something of a misfit in His day, too. In this funny, fresh, and frank memoir, Marcia Ford chronicles her spiritual journey as a self-proclaimed misfit, telling the engaging story of one woman's efforts to fit into both society and the Christian church. Candid about her shortcomings and her sneaking suspicion that she may really be a square peg in a round hole, Marcia discovers that it is precisely because of her uniqueness that she is able to claim God's abundant grace and come to experience God more fully.
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0787963992
ISBN-13
9780787963996
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2291897
Product Key Features
Book Title
Memoir of a Misfit : Finding My Place in the Family of God
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Christian Life / General, Christian Life / Spiritual Growth
Genre
Religion
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in
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Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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People have always looked at Ford funny. "As a child," She writes, "I blamed my family, that odd, five-member cast of cartoon characters that always walked along the sidewalk in single file so that real families could pass by intact." The older she got, the more often she blamed herself - for the death of three grandparents in six weeks; for harassment from a trusted counsel∨ for humiliation in a succession of controlling churches; for feeling ignored by God. Dulling the pain, she spent her young adult years in an alcoholic haze. Eventually her friend Eileen, who "always, always puts her verbs at the beginning of a sentence," ordered her to "give it up. Tell God you'll never have another drink again." Ford obeyed, but she continued to feel like a misfit despite a good marriage and professional success as a writer and editor. Then a sudden health crisis jolted her out of constant attempts to meet others' expectations. During a subsequent retreat, "I found the courage to look at myself and...hear the cry of my own heart." Ford's story, though serious, is not dark. Introverted, self-deprecating, perfectionistic and depressive, she is Woody Allen pursued by Jesus Christ. If there is a flaw in her captivating account, it is her leap from God-haunted despair to cheerful eccentricity in just one chapter. That chapter is full of clues as to what made the difference, but from a self-described "overthinker," it is not quite enough. Let's hope she is leaving room for a sequel. (Feb.) ( Publishers Weekly, January 27, 2003)
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2002-013075
Dewey Decimal
277.3/082/092 B
Lc Classification Number
Br1725.F544a3 2003
Copyright Date
2003
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