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Penguin
May 2010
On Sale: May 18, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 1592405479
EAN: 9781592405473
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Non-Fiction
The seven time Grammy Award-winning artist offers
powerful, streetwise advice for building a fulfilling life
in the face of adversity "One of the biggest
superstars in gospel...Franklin revolutionized gospel with
his hip, contemporary sound." -Jet "Kirk
Franklin is his genre's most consistently successful
mainstream artists for the past fifteen years, thanks to his
fusing of gospel messages with hip-hop and pop beats."
-USA Today Kirk Franklin's life was hardly
built on a firm foundation. His father abandoned the family.
His mother also abandoned Kirk, and constantly told him he
was an unwanted child. He was adopted by his 64 year old
Aunt Gertrude at the age of four. His sister became a crack
addict. He never saw a black man who was faithful in
marriage. Without a blueprint, he struggled mightily yet
managed to triumph even more mightily, dedicating his life
to helping others find hope during hardship. With The
Blueprint, he provides an inspiring blend of God and
grit to deliver real-world words of wisdom on provocative
topics, including: ·Leap...With Faith:
Sometimes it pays to leap without looking and say yes
without thinking (Gill accepted the Starbucks job
immediately, on a whim). ·The true definition of
manhood ·Deadbeat dads, divorce and other sources of
despair in family life ·Why faith that only takes
place in a church is dead ·The consequences of sex
and the responsibilities of parenthood ·His own
identity as a son, father, husband, singer and African
American ·What it means to be "Christian moderate
with swag" in the 21st Century TheBlueprint
delivers an honest new direction, taking faith out of the
pews and into the real lives of all who struggle.
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