Reflections for Ragamuffins: Daily Devotions from the Writings of Brennan Manning [Paperback]

Brennan Manning (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 1998

Brennan Manning shares his joyful message in a powerful new way with his first-ever collection of daily devotions. For every day of the year the beloved author of Ragamuffin Gospel and The Boy Who Cried Abba offers a verse of scripture, and each day's mediation is completed with a complementary reading from his own writings.

Whether your life has already changed by Brennan Manning's dynamic version of the good news or you are meeting him here for the first time, Reflections for Ragamuffins will open your mind and heart to a profound new experience of God's unconditional love.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I consider Brennan Manning to be my spiritual director in the school of grace. I can't stop learning about it, and fortunately, he can't stop writing about it. I welcome this collection as a treasury of that great theme." -- Philip Yancey, author of The Jesus I Never Knew and What's So Amazing About Grace?

"No other writer today so passionately calls us to face our brokenness and enter Abba's heart. In Reflections for Ragamuffins Brennan has written more than a daily devotional. This is healing medicine for the desperate beggars we all are before God." -- Dr. Larry Crabb, Psychologist, author of 14 books, including Connecting, Understanding People, Finding God, and Inside Out

"So much religion is conveyed to us as bad news or bland news that we are immensely grateful when it is spoken freshly as good news. This is a zestful and accurate portrayal that tells us unmistakably that the gospel is good, dazzlingly good." -- Eugene Peterson, author of Leap Over a Wall

From the Back Cover

Daily Devotions, from the author of The Ragamuffin Gospel

Brennan Manning shares his joyful message in a powerful new way with his first ever collection of daily devotions. For every day of the year the beloved author of The Ragamuffin Gospel and The Boy Who Cried Abba offers a verse of Scripture, and each day's meditation is completed with a complementary reading from his own writings.

Whether your life has already been changed by Brennan Manning's dynamic version of the good news or you are meeting him here for the first time, Reflections for Ragamuffins will open your mind and heart to a profound new experience of God's unconditional love.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne; 1 edition (October 7, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060654570
• ISBN-13: 978-0060654573
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brennan Manning is a writer and speaker who leads spiritual retreats for people of all ages and backgrounds. He is the author of more than ten books, including Abba's Child , Ruthless Trust , The Ragamuffin Gospel , and Posers, Fakers, and Wannabes. A resident of New Orleans, he travels extensively in the U.S. and abroad to share the good news of the unconditional love of God.

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207 of 214 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Great, November 13, 2000

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This review is from: Reflections for Ragamuffins: Daily Devotions from the Writings of Brennan Manning (Paperback)

The author, as a priest could not find God in church dogma. Having found God he encourages Christians to stop playing church and find God personally. I would highly recommend the book An Encounter With A Prophet to anyone who takes Manning seriously.

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life-altering, July 20, 2000

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NotATameLion (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reflections for Ragamuffins: Daily Devotions from the Writings of Brennan Manning (Paperback)

Let me start by saying this: I hate 99% of all the devotionals that have been or probably ever will be published. Christianity has been beset by a plague of surface-level, overly sentimental, faux spirituality.

That is not the case here. The stuff written in these pages is truth-the truth of Jesus Christ. The stuff written here flows with love and grace. The selections used in this book deal with what Christianity looks, feels, and smells like where the rubber of Christianity meets the road of life.

Brennan Manning clearly expresses what it means to surrender your life to Jesus; and what it is like to live with him. No cost is too great for obtaining a copy of this book. It is truly "bread for the journey." Buy it and then read it. It will change your life (and your eternity.)

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book has truly touched my life!, August 7, 2000

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Amanda Mitchell (Jersey Shore -NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reflections for Ragamuffins: Daily Devotions from the Writings of Brennan Manning (Paperback)

Brennan Manning has a way of writing things! He totally blows my mind! He is so real, so in love with God, so passionate.. I have been searching and searching for a devotional that isn't phony.. something that really gets to the point.. and i found it! This book doesn't waste anytime.. He gives it to you straight.. IT IS AMAZING!! If you are sick and tired of a water down sugar coated gospel, this is the book for you! Prepare to examine your life, be challenged, and grow!