Know When to Hold 'Em
The High Stakes Game of Fatherhood
Published on 1. October 2013
109 pages
978-1-4267-7608-3 (ISBN)
Description
Far from the conventional parenting book, Know When to Hold 'Em will encourage readers as they see parenting and fatherhood through a new lens--that of adventurer, risk-taker. Blase moves into new territory to invite fathers and parents to look at the risk and challenge--and great rewards of parenting--as he invites readers into his imperfect, yet loveable homeWritten with the raw prose of one who is there, smack dab in the middle of possibly the greatest challenge of a person's life, Blase says, "What I've seen so far has convinced me that being a father is a lot like gambling--fatherhood is a risk-tasking ventureFeaturing an intensely personal voice and filtered through a brass-knuckled optimism, this book offers what very few books on parenting do--the real, true, raw reality and joys of fatherhood.
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10/2013
Abingdon Press
€37.47
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John Blase is a pastor s son, writer, collaborator, and a full-time editor for David C. Cook Publishing. He was a pastor for 14 years in Texas, Arkansas, and Colorado. John has recently co-authored two books with Brennan Manning All is Grace and Smack Dab in the Middle of God s Love. John has been married for 22 years and is the father of three. His writing is intensely personal, filtered through a brass-knuckled optimism, the perspective of a first-born, and the gratefulness of a descendant of a strange thing called grace.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Usually They are Not Experts:
- Introduction
- Firsts and Seconds
- 1. The Work of your Hands
- 2. Response-able Fathering
- 3. Chancey Faith
- 4. Stay Close
- In Weakness
- 5. Listening and Silence
- 6. Making Space for Sad
- 7. Time Out #1
- 8. Making the Cut
- Common Tribe
- 9. What a Boy Needs
- 10. The Needs of the Many
- 11. A Different Road
- 12. Thanksgiving
- 13. The Father Dream
- 14. My Father's Gift
- Gleaners
- 15. The Vow
- 16. But Sometimes
- 17. Fully Naked, Almost Ashamed
- 18. Lucky Ones
- 19. Today Is Today
- 20. Everything to Heart
- 21. Replacement Costs
- 22. Waiting
- 23. Lost and Found
- 24. Again and Again
- 25. Time Out #2
- 26. Quiver-Full
- 27. Madonna and Child
- 28. Yesterday's Time
- Turning Back
- 29. New Year's Eve
- 30. A Real Boy
- 31. A Good Man
- Something
- 32. Five Things
- A Little Space
- 33. Time Out #3
- 34. I Love You
- 35. Softly and Tenderly
- 36. Communion
- Resolve
- 37. Great Responsibility
- The Raven and Dove
- 38. What I Want You to Know
- Letters for Dad-O
- 39. The Old Ones
- 40. Don't Forget Us
- 41. Your Life
- 42. Upon My Oldest Daughter's Confirmation
- 43. Days that Built Me
- 44. A Father's Prayer
- 45. Saturday Evenings
