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Homeless Like Me

Donald James Parker

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Description:Brian has a dream of writing the great American novel. He knows that without a gimmick to set him apart from the rest of the pack, he'll never succeed. From reading Black Like Me, he gets the idea to masquerade as a homeless man to get the material to write the saga of those suffering from poverty. During his first visit to the local homeless shelter to gather facts, he is accosted by Zeke, one of the subjects of his research. In order to save his skin, Brian spills his guts to the huge black man. After hearing the story, Zeke sees value in the project for his homeless brethren, and pledges to help the wannabe paperback writer. Also on his first visit, a vision of loveliness, aptly named Angel, takes away Brian’s breath and subsequently his heart. She turns out to be a fanatical Christian who is waiting for God to reveal the identity of her future husband. Brian decides to write a novel and make Angel the heroine. With the recent popularity of atheist books, he figures he can market a story where the Christian heartthrob is sweet-talked out of her irrational faith by a smooth talking protagonist. He hopes his plotline will somehow become a reality, and he will be able to sweep Angel off her feet and her religion under the carpet. Things get complicated when Angel becomes involved in protesting same-sex marriage and ends up mentoring the former homosexual partner of a member of the Rainbow Warriors, an anarchist organization trying to usher in gay power while ushering out the government. When a Native American patron of the rescue mission introduces Brian and Zeke to the supernatural power of God, they both are faced with a decision that could rock their world.I also went to the Website of Sword Of The Spirit Publishing. From the Website: "The mission of Sword of the Spirit Publishing is to distribute uplifting, inspirational, exhortational and challenging literature, both fiction and nonfiction, that will help non-believers understand and embrace Jesus and solidify the faith of the believers and aid them in the quest to live a Godly lifestyle. Or to put it in just a few words – the dissemination of truth." But, one of their policies disturbs me greatly:"We will not allow the use of the Lord's name in a profane way but, vulgar expressions, used commonly by most people will be permitted to heighten the reality of a story." The author's use of vulgar expressions did offend me, and very much. I suggest to Sword of the Spirit that their authors produce two versions of their books. One that has the vulgarity, and one that does not, so their wonderful books will not be closed to a prude like me. If I had read this statement first, I wouldn't have read this book.I give the book 4 stars of 5. It would be a 5, hands down, if not for having to wade through the 'vulgar expressions'. I disagree with this policy of many Church outreach activities, that one has to use 'vulgar expressions' to reach youth. The author obviously does not use this kind of language/gestures, and it shows in the book.I downloaded the free eBook in .pdf format from the Sword Of The Spirit Website. It is also available for purchase in print. The print book's ISBN 978-0-578-03282-5We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Homeless Like Me. To get started finding Homeless Like Me, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 212

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Sword Of The Spirit

Release: 2009

ISBN

Description: Brian has a dream of writing the great American novel. He knows that without a gimmick to set him apart from the rest of the pack, he'll never succeed. From reading Black Like Me, he gets the idea to masquerade as a homeless man to get the material to write the saga of those suffering from poverty. During his first visit to the local homeless shelter to gather facts, he is accosted by Zeke, one of the subjects of his research. In order to save his skin, Brian spills his guts to the huge black man. After hearing the story, Zeke sees value in the project for his homeless brethren, and pledges to help the wannabe paperback writer. Also on his first visit, a vision of loveliness, aptly named Angel, takes away Brian’s breath and subsequently his heart. She turns out to be a fanatical Christian who is waiting for God to reveal the identity of her future husband. Brian decides to write a novel and make Angel the heroine. With the recent popularity of atheist books, he figures he can market a story where the Christian heartthrob is sweet-talked out of her irrational faith by a smooth talking protagonist. He hopes his plotline will somehow become a reality, and he will be able to sweep Angel off her feet and her religion under the carpet. Things get complicated when Angel becomes involved in protesting same-sex marriage and ends up mentoring the former homosexual partner of a member of the Rainbow Warriors, an anarchist organization trying to usher in gay power while ushering out the government. When a Native American patron of the rescue mission introduces Brian and Zeke to the supernatural power of God, they both are faced with a decision that could rock their world.I also went to the Website of Sword Of The Spirit Publishing. From the Website: "The mission of Sword of the Spirit Publishing is to distribute uplifting, inspirational, exhortational and challenging literature, both fiction and nonfiction, that will help non-believers understand and embrace Jesus and solidify the faith of the believers and aid them in the quest to live a Godly lifestyle. Or to put it in just a few words – the dissemination of truth." But, one of their policies disturbs me greatly:"We will not allow the use of the Lord's name in a profane way but, vulgar expressions, used commonly by most people will be permitted to heighten the reality of a story." The author's use of vulgar expressions did offend me, and very much. I suggest to Sword of the Spirit that their authors produce two versions of their books. One that has the vulgarity, and one that does not, so their wonderful books will not be closed to a prude like me. If I had read this statement first, I wouldn't have read this book.I give the book 4 stars of 5. It would be a 5, hands down, if not for having to wade through the 'vulgar expressions'. I disagree with this policy of many Church outreach activities, that one has to use 'vulgar expressions' to reach youth. The author obviously does not use this kind of language/gestures, and it shows in the book.I downloaded the free eBook in .pdf format from the Sword Of The Spirit Website. It is also available for purchase in print. The print book's ISBN 978-0-578-03282-5We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Homeless Like Me. To get started finding Homeless Like Me, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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