{"product_id":"tattoos-on-the-heart-the-power-of-boundless-compassion-9781439153024","title":"Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion","description":"\u003cp\u003eFather Gregory Boyles sparkling parables about kinship and the sacredness of life are drawn from twenty years working with gangs in LA.  How do you fight despair and learn to meet the world with a loving heart? How do you overcome shame? Stay faithful in spite of failure? No matter where people live or what their circumstances may be  everyone needs boundless  restorative love. Gorgeous and uplifting  Tattoos on the Heart amply demonstrates the impact unconditional love can have on your life.  As a pastor working in a neighborhood with the highest concentration of murderous gang activity in Los Angeles  Gregory Boyle created an organization to provide jobs  job training  and encouragement so that young people could work together and learn the mutual respect that comes from collaboration. Tattoos on the Heart is a breathtaking series of parables distilled from his twenty years in the barrio. Arranged by theme and filled with sparkling humor and glowing generosity  these essays offer a stirring look at how full our lives could be if we could find the joy in loving others and in being loved unconditionally. From giant  tattooed Cesar  shopping at JCPenney fresh out of prison  we learn how to feel worthy of Gods love. From ten-year-old Lula we learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Pedro we understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the darkness. In each chapter we benefit from Boyles wonderful  hard-earned wisdom. Inspired by faith but applicable to anyone trying to be good  these personal  unflinching stories are full of surprising revelations and observations of the community in which Boyle works and of the many lives he has helped save.  Erudite  down-to-earth  and utterly heartening  these essays about universal kinship and redemption are moving examples of the power of unconditional love in difficult times and the importance of fighting despair. With Gregory Boyles guidance  we can recognize our own wounds in the broken lives and daunting struggles of the men and women in these parables and learn to find joy in all of the people around us. Tattoos on the Heart reminds us that no life is less valuable than another.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648157147189,"sku":"ByrdShop_1439153027","price":22.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781439153024.jpg?v=1781711076","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tattoos-on-the-heart-the-power-of-boundless-compassion-9781439153024","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}