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Conversations with St. Francis

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JAMES C. HOWELL'S BOOK TOTALLY
CAPTIVATED ME ; HIS RECOUNTING OF
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI'S LIFE AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS WILL NOT DISAPPOINT
YOU ! NO MATTER WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE
THIS AMAZING MAN OF PEACE , HUMILITY ,
DEVOUT WORSHIP , VISION , AND HONESTY
WAS INTEGRAL IN THE REBIRTH OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH BY GETTING BACK TO
THE BASICS WITH HIS "COMMON TOUCH".
THE STORIES RECOUNTED HERE ARE QUITE
FACINATING ; FRANCIS(BORN INTO WEALTH)
WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A SPIRITUAL LEADER
AFTER CHRIST SPOKE TO HIM IN A SMALL
CHURCH IN SAN DAMIANA , BECKONING HIM
TO REPAIR THE CHURCH . SO HE DID WITH
MORTAR & STONES ; BUT CHRIST MEANT THE
ENTIRE CHURCH ! FRANCIS BECAME A LEADER
OF THOSE WHO WERE HUNGRY FOR SPIRITUALITY
AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN ASSISI BEGAN TO
EMULATE HIS GENEROUS , SIMPLE , APPROACH
TO LIFE AND RELIGION , GIVING THEIR GOODS
TO THE POOR & LIVING THE TEACHINGS OF
CHRIST THROUGH SELFLESS DEVOTION TO
OTHERS & RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF GOD IN
THEIR DAILY LIVES. OTHER STORIES ABOUT
HIM TAMING A WOLF THAT WAS RAVAGING A
TOWN INTO THE TOWN'S BELOVED PET , AND
HIS STOPPING OF A MAJOR BATTLE , PLUS THE
WAY HE PREACHED TO THE BIRDS AND FLOWERS
TELL THE TRUE STORY OF A MAN INSPIRED
AND SO AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART THAT HE
BECAME A SAINT SOON AFTER HIS EARTHLY LIFE
WAS OVER . A BRILLIANT BOOK & FACINATING
READ !!! Hardie McGehee, singer/songwriter.