Brennan Manning has gone by many names, but before the fame of his ragamuffin gospel, he was a son, brother, soldier, journalist, priest, husband, father, and friend. This is that part of the story, a necessary piece of the larger puzzle of grace. This book tells the story of a man whose name has not always been Brennan.
Manning (The Ragamuffin Gospel) sums up this reluctant memoir: "I am alive, but it’s been hard." ... When attempting to articulate his relentless battle with alcoholism, he writes that the telling of it "feels a weak attempt" but recounts these struggles lucidly to lay bare "the thick darkness that was always behind any light in my life." ... There’s no cutting corners, no spinmeistering. If the book could be defined as a psalm it would read, "How pleasant it is when fellow travelers of faith can read another's story and hear the ring of truth and, conquering that, still believe."Publisher's Weekly (October)
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