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Barking to the choir : the power of radical kinship / Gregory Boyle.

by Boyle, Greg.

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Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Church work with juvenile delinquents -- California -- East Los Angeles.

Ex-gang members -- Rehabilitation -- California -- East Los Angeles.

Christian life -- Anecdotes.

Social service -- Religious aspects.

East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions.

9781476726151 (hc.)

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

ix, 210 pages ; 22 cm.

The Dude shows up -- "Holy befold" -- "And awe came upon everyone" -- Now. Here. This. -- Sell your cleverness -- "The good journey" -- "Good guy" -- The choir -- Exquisite mutuality -- Now entering.

"The Jesuit priest and author of Tattoos on the Heart, Gregory Boyle, shares what three decades of working with gang members in Los Angeles has taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring power of kinship. In his first book, the author introduced us to Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention program in the world. Boyle returns to reveal how compassion is transforming the lives of gang members. In a nation deeply divided and plagued by poverty and violence, here is a snapshot into the challenges and joys of life on the margins. Sergio, arrested at nine, in a gang by twelve, and serving time shortly thereafter, now works with the substance-abuse team at Homeboy to help others find sobriety. Jamal, abandoned by his family when he tried to attend school at age seven, gradually finds forgiveness for his schizophrenic mother. New father Cuco, who never knew his own dad, thinks of a daily adventure on which to take his four-year-old son. These former gang members uplift the soul and reveal how bright life can be when filled with unconditional love and kindness. This book is guaranteed to shake up our ideas about God and about people with a glimpse at a world defined by more compassion and fewer barriers. An invitation to find kinship with one another and to reconvince us all of our own goodness. Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles. Homeboy traces its roots to when Boyle, a Jesuit priest, served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church, then the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles, which also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city. Homeboy has become the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the world, and employs and trains gang members and felons in a range of social enterprises. Visit the author's website at HomeboyIndustries.org"--Provided by publisher.

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