Jesus' Son: Stories by Denis Johnson

Jesus' Son: Stories Denis Johnson ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 59
ISBN: 0060975776, 9780060975777
Publisher: Harper Perennial

Remember the Sunday school stories? A similar point is made in the Gospel where Jesus' word raises the dead son of a widow and the people proclaim 'a prophet has come among them'. In contrast to so many of the healing stories, the person in need of healing never asks for Jesus' help. Jesus sees her accompanying the funeral procession and is so moved by the sight that he brings her son back to life. The poorest and most vulnerable of all, widows in these two stories receive the greatest gift of all – the return of their sons' lives, which meant the possibility of a future. I believe that alot of this series was written in a way that some people can understand it better. In both of the stories we have today the great figures of faith are helping widows. As I have mentioned before we are a homeschool family but as part of our children's education we do have them is different classes to enhance their learning. Johnson is probably best known for his National Book Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-finalist novel Tree of Smoke, but his highly acclaimed Jesus' Son continues to be influential to this day. I was describing the story "Emergency" to my girlfriend one day and she said, "That sounds a lot like this movie I saw with Jack Black and Billy Cruddup. I've only read “Jesus' Son” once, but I read it in one sitting, maybe two, which means I liked the book a lot. This second lesson on the Baptism of Jesus turns to baptism. I actually had know idea there was ever a movie made for Jesus' Son.