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The Power of Boundless Compassion
Free Press
March 2010
On Sale: March 9, 2010
240 pages
ISBN: 1439153027
EAN: 9781439153024
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
How do you fight despair and learn to meet the world with a
loving heart? How do you overcome shame? Stay faithful in
spite of failure? No matter where people live or what their
circumstances may be, everyone needs boundless, restorative
love. Gorgeous and uplifting, Tattoos on the Heart amply
demonstrates the impact unconditional love can have on your
life. As a pastor working in a neighborhood with the highest
concentration of murderous gang activity in Los Angeles,
Gregory Boyle created an organization to provide jobs, job
training, and encouragement so that young people could work
together and learn the mutual respect that comes from
collaboration. Tattoos on the Heart is a breathtaking series
of parables distilled from his twenty years in the barrio.
Arranged by theme and filled with sparkling humor and
glowing generosity, these essays offer a stirring look at
how full our lives could be if we could find the joy in
loving others and in being loved unconditionally. From
giant, tattooed Cesar, shopping at JCPenney fresh out of
prison, we learn how to feel worthy of God’s love. From
ten-year-old Lula we learn the importance of being known and
acknowledged. From Pedro we understand the kind of patience
necessary to rescue someone from the darkness. In each
chapter we benefit from Boyle’s wonderful, hard-earned
wisdom. Inspired by faith but applicable to anyone trying to
be good, these personal, unflinching stories are full of
surprising revelations and observations of the community in
which Boyle works and of the many lives he has helped save. Erudite, down-to-earth, and utterly heartening, these essays
about universal kinship and redemption are moving examples
of the power of unconditional love in difficult times and
the importance of fighting despair. With Gregory Boyle’s
guidance, we can recognize our own wounds in the broken
lives and daunting struggles of the men and women in these
parables and learn to find joy in all of the people around
us. Tattoos on the Heart reminds us that no life is less
valuable than another.
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