Tattoos on the Heart
eBook - ePub

Tattoos on the Heart

The Power of Boundless Compassion

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Tattoos on the Heart

The Power of Boundless Compassion

About this book

"Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality" ( Los Angeles Times )— Tattoos on the Heart is a series of parables about kinship and redemption from pastor, activist, and renowned speaker, Father Gregory Boyle. For twenty years, Father Gregory Boyle has run Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention program located in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles—also known as the gang capital of the world. In Tattoos on the Heart, he has distilled his experience working in the ghetto into a breathtaking series of parables inspired by faith.From giant, tattooed Cesar, shopping at JC Penney fresh out of prison, you learn how to feel worthy of God's love. From ten-year-old Pipi you learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Lulu you come to understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the dark—as Father Boyle phrases it, we can only shine a flashlight on a light switch in a darkened room. This is a motivating look at how to stay faithful in spite of failure, how to meet the world with a loving heart, and how to conquer shame with boundless, restorative love.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction: Dolores Mission and Homeboy Industries
  6. Chapter One: God, I Guess
  7. Chapter Two: Dis-Grace
  8. Chapter Three: Compassion
  9. Chapter Four: Water, Oil, Flame
  10. Chapter Five: Slow Work
  11. Chapter Six: Jurisdiction
  12. Chapter Seven: Gladness
  13. Chapter Eight: Success
  14. Chapter Nine: Kinship
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Reading Group Guide
  17. About the Author
  18. Copyright