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Backslide
By: Carl W. Kenney IIeBook Publisher: AuthorSolutions
Imprint: Trafford Publishing
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THE JOURNEY OF A MAN AND THREE WOMEN, FINDING FREEDOM IN THE TRINITY. Backslide "I always held Pastors to such high standards. To me they were the closest thing to GOD. I have actually left churches for mistakes that Pastors had made. How hypercritical of me. After reading the book Backslide my thoughts have changed. The first think I realized is that Pastors are human. They have the same trials and tribulations if not more than the congregation they minister o. I appreciate the authors honesty and willingness to share life experiences to educate others. Backslide is a definite read." - Tanisha Bagley, author of "The Price of Love" "Culturally literate, morally sophisticated, socially compassionate and poitically conscious, Reverend Carl Kenney has long proven himself to be a man of the people and of the spirit. Reverend Kenney is a constant reminder that there are no boundaries to the spiritual worlds we are all destined to inhabit." - Mark Anthony Neal, author of "New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity" "This book is a truly emotional piece of fiction. It is a story comes from some very real places. Shinning a bright light on some very dark corners, A raw piece of art imitating life." - YahZarah ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Affectionately known as "Kenney the voice of many", Carl grew up in Columbia, Missouri. He received his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He furthered his education at Duke University and attached a Master of Divinity. He was named a Fellow in Pastoral Leadership Development at the Princeton Theological Seminary on May 14, 2005. He is a freelance writer with his commentary appearing in the "News & Observer", "The Independent Weekly", "The Durham Heral-Sun", "Tribes Magazine", "Spectacular Magazine", "The Triangle Tribune" and "The Zion Herald." Carl is the author of the novel "Preacha' Man." He resides in Durham, North Carolina where is Pastor of Compassion Ministries of Durham, an American Baptist Church founded under his leadership in 2002. (Cover design and illustration by Pandora Frazier).
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| Title of eBook: Backslide | |
| Release Date: 09-23-2010 | |
| Publisher: Trafford Publishing |
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| SKU | 9781426941511 |
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Backslide
Chapter One
January Cooperation Freedom Change
Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when everyone has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight in order to avoid this? Or are you not terrified by it? I have seen men in real life who so long deceived others that at last their true nature could not Reveal itself ... In every man there is something which to a certain degree prevents him from becoming perfectly transparent to himself; and this may be the case in so high a degree, he may be so inexplicably woven into relationships of life which extend far beyond himself that he almost cannot reveal himself. But he who cannot reveal himself cannot love, and he who cannot love is the most unhappy man of all. -Soren Kierkegaard-
A ray of light rested at the foot of Simon's bed. His gaze at the beam reminded him of words he had shared before the members of the Shady Grove Baptist Church. Fourteen months had passed since he walked out the back door of the church to capture the love of his life.
The light of hope, the ray of promise, that reminder of God's provision, was there, at the foot of the bed, as he held Jamaica in his arms. The ghost of hurtful moments clouded his imagination while the words of grateful parishioners left a void in his delicate spirit. Simon missed the work of the church.
His prayers seemed feeble as he begged God to take away the thirst for ministry. His
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