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Finding Joy On Death Row
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Author : Dewey Williams
language : en
Publisher: Dexterity
Release Date : 2023-03-15
Finding Joy On Death Row written by Dewey Williams and has been published by Dexterity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner for Inspirational Based on the sermon series that garnered top honors from Yale Divinity School, Finding Joy on Death Row is the powerful story of a broken preacher’s transformative experience learning about joy from Death Row prisoners, combined with dramatic handwritten responses from more than twenty men currently sentenced to die. In Finding Joy on Death Row: Unexpected Lessons from Lives We Discarded, Williams journeys into the hearts and minds of those sentenced to death, illuminating for readers the ways in which the human spirit can suffer—and soar. Finding Joy on Death Row includes dozens of handwritten statements from those facing capital punishment. The testimonies and contemplations of those sentenced to die offer readers a unique opportunity to hear from individuals whose lives are marked by their looming execution. And yet these prisoners have—in the midst of grim circumstances—managed to find joy. As Williams serves and shepherds these prisoners, their own stories are unveiled. Williams’s account of ministering within North Carolina’s prison system and the handwritten statements are punctuated by glimpses into the author’s own broken past. This important work will show readers the power of joy to reach us all, the free and imprisoned alike. Finding Joy on Death Row: - Offers a glimpse into the minds of those currently and formerly on Death Row - Presents the effects of the death penalty not only on the incarcerated but on their loved ones as well - Examines Williams’s own experiences that gave him a unique understanding and empathy for those sentenced to death - Explores the very real possibility of finding joy despite outward circumstances - Includes online access to transcriptions of the prisoners’ responses as well as Pastor Williams’s original sermon series Unprecedented and revealing, Finding Joy on Death Row provides a window into the tragedies, hardships, and victories of those sentenced to die, ultimately offering readers the encouragement that we are all loved, forgiven, and capable of transformation.
Finding Joy On Death Row Unexpected Lessons From Lives We Discarded
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Author : Dewey Williams
language : en
Publisher: Dexterity
Release Date : 2023-02-21
Finding Joy On Death Row Unexpected Lessons From Lives We Discarded written by Dewey Williams and has been published by Dexterity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-21 with Social Science categories.
Based on the sermon series that garnered top honors from Yale Divinity School, Finding Joy on Death Row is the powerful story of a broken preacher's transformative experience learning about joy from Death Row prisoners, combined with dramatic handwritten responses from more than twenty men and women currently sentenced to die. In Finding Joy on Death Row: Unexpected Lessons from Lives We Discarded, Williams journeys into the hearts and minds of those sentenced to death, illuminating for readers the ways in which the human spirit can suffer--and soar. Finding Joy on Death Row includes fifty handwritten statements from those facing capital punishment. The testimonies and contemplations of those sentenced to die offer readers a unique opportunity to hear from individuals whose lives are marked by their looming execution. And yet these prisoners have--in the midst of grim circumstances--managed to find joy. As Williams serves and shepherds these prisoners, their own stories are unveiled. Williams's account of ministering within North Carolina's prison system and the handwritten statements are punctuated by glimpses into the author's own broken past. This important work will show readers the power of joy to reach us all, the free and imprisoned alike. Finding Joy on Death Row: Offers a glimpse into the minds of those currently and formerly on Death Row Presents the effects of the death penalty not only on the incarcerated but on their loved ones as well Examines Williams's own experiences that gave him a unique understanding and empathy for those sentenced to death Explores the very real possibility of finding joy despite outward circumstances Includes online access to transcriptions of the prisoners' responses as well as Pastor Williams's original sermon series Unprecedented and revealing, Finding Joy on Death Row provides a window into the tragedies, hardships, and victories of those sentenced to die, ultimately offering readers the encouragement that we are all loved, forgiven, and capable of transformation.
Grief Loss And Treatment For Death Row Families
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Author : Sandra Joy
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2013-12-05
Grief Loss And Treatment For Death Row Families written by Sandra Joy and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-05 with Social Science categories.
The families of death row inmates are rarely considered in public discourse regarding the death penalty. They have largely been forgotten, and their pain has not been acknowledged by the rest of society. These families experience a unique grief process as they are confronted with the loss of their loved one to death row and brace themselves for the possibility of an execution. Death row families are disenfranchised from their grief by the surrounding community, and their; mental health needs exacerbated as they struggle in isolation with the ambiguous loss that comes with the fear that the state will kill their loved one. Grief, Loss, and Treatment for Death Row Families describes the grief that families experience from the time of their loved one’s arrest through his or her execution. In each chapter, Sandra Joy guides the reader through the grief process experienced by the families, offering clinical interventions that can be used by mental health professionals who are given the opportunity to work with these families at various stages of their grief. The author conducted over seventy qualitative interviews with family members from Delaware who either currently have a loved one on death row or have survived the execution of their loved one. Delaware was chosen because though it has a relatively small death row, it is ranked third in the nation with its rate of per capita executions. This book provides an in-depth awareness of the grieving process of death row families, as well as ways that professionals can intervene to assist them in healing. With increased awareness and effective clinical treatment, we can ensure that the families of death row inmates are forgotten no more.
The Sun Does Shine
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Author : Anthony Ray Hinton
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2018-03-27
The Sun Does Shine written by Anthony Ray Hinton and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection The Instant New York Times Bestseller A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. “An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty–nine years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free. But with no money and a different system of justice for a poor black man in the South, Hinton was sentenced to death by electrocution. He spent his first three years on Death Row at Holman State Prison in agonizing silence—full of despair and anger toward all those who had sent an innocent man to his death. But as Hinton realized and accepted his fate, he resolved not only to survive, but find a way to live on Death Row. For the next twenty–seven years he was a beacon—transforming not only his own spirit, but those of his fellow inmates, fifty–four of whom were executed mere feet from his cell. With the help of civil rights attorney and bestselling author of Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson, Hinton won his release in 2015. With a foreword by Stevenson, The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times. Destined to be a classic memoir of wrongful imprisonment and freedom won, Hinton’s memoir tells his dramatic thirty–year journey and shows how you can take away a man’s freedom, but you can’t take away his imagination, humor, or joy.
Finding Freedom
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Author : Jarvis Jay Masters
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2020-07-14
Finding Freedom written by Jarvis Jay Masters and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
There are many forms of liberation—some that exist at the mercy of circumstance and others that can never be taken away. In this stirring and timely collection of stories, essays, poems, and letters, Jarvis Jay Masters explores the meaning of true freedom on his road to inner peace through Buddhist practice. He reveals his life as a young African American man surrounded by violence, his entanglement in the criminal justice system, and—following an encounter with Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche—an unfolding commitment to nonviolence and peacemaking. At turns joyful, heartbreaking, frightening, and soaring with profound insight, Masters’s story offers a vision of hope and the possibility of freedom in even the darkest of times.
Rap And Redemption On Death Row
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Author : Alim Braxton
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2024-04-05
Rap And Redemption On Death Row written by Alim Braxton and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-05 with Music categories.
Imprisoned since age nineteen, Alim Braxton has spent more than a quarter century on North Carolina's death row. During that time, he converted to Islam and dedicated his life to redemption. Braxton, a rapper since the age of thirteen, uses his rhymes as a form of therapy and to advocate for prison reform, particularly by calling attention to the plight of the wrongfully incarcerated. This book, a hip-hop-rich prison memoir, chronicles Braxton's struggles and triumphs as he attempts to record an album while on death row, something no one has done before. Braxton's world is complex: full of reflections on guilt, condemnation, incarceration, religious awakening, and the redemptive power of art. Ultimately, Braxton shows us that even amid the brutality of our prison system there are moments of joy, and on death row joy may be the most powerful form of resistance.
The Buddhist On Death Row
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Author : David Sheff
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2018-08-07
The Buddhist On Death Row written by David Sheff and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-07 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The true story of the death row inmate who became a world-renowned Buddhist teacher, and what his journey can teach us about freedom, love, and forgiveness Jarvis Jay Masters arrived in San Quentin at age nineteen, convicted of armed robbery. After five violent years there, he was charged with murdering a guard and sentenced to death—a verdict he still contests today. His journey to enlightenment began in the darkest place: death row. Sleepless, anxious, and angry, Masters at first sneered at the idea of meditation. But in desperation, he started to practice. David Sheff traces that path to enlightenment in a series of revelatory scenes. We see how Masters found internal calm and comfort, how he came to treasure the smallest pleasures, how he set aside his anger, and how he forgave his abusive father. Masters practices radical pacifism in one of the most violent places imaginable, quelling conflicts among prisoners, even saving lives. Renowned Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön has come to see him as one of her most important teachers. Having faced down extreme versions of trials we all face, Masters gained hard-won insights that illuminate our own and others’ pain in powerful new ways. His journey elucidates core principles that can enhance our own lives, and reveals how to find peace and joy in a world beset with suffering.
Lethal Justice
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Author : Joy Elder
language : en
Publisher: Today's Issues
Release Date : 2002
Lethal Justice written by Joy Elder and has been published by Today's Issues this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
a history of religious communities in the Church
Finding Freedom
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Author : Jarvis Jay Masters
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2020-07-14
Finding Freedom written by Jarvis Jay Masters and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
There are many forms of liberation—some that exist at the mercy of circumstance and others that can never be taken away. In this stirring and timely collection of stories, essays, poems, and letters, Jarvis Jay Masters explores the meaning of true freedom on his road to inner peace through Buddhist practice. He reveals his life as a young African American man surrounded by violence, his entanglement in the criminal justice system, and—following an encounter with Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche—an unfolding commitment to nonviolence and peacemaking. At turns joyful, heartbreaking, frightening, and soaring with profound insight, Masters’s story offers a vision of hope and the possibility of freedom in even the darkest of times.
The Fear Of 13
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Author : Nick Yarris
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2016-11-17
The Fear Of 13 written by Nick Yarris and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Somewhere in each of us is the blackest pit from which few ever return. I had found mine.' Found guilty of the rape and murder of a woman he had never met, Nick Yarris was sentenced to death. With appeal after appeal failing he spent twenty-two years waiting to die. This is the true and amazing story of how he survived Death Row.