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ActivistFaith.org co-founder Dan King is currently leading a group blogging project through a new book by John Sowers to help us better understand how to help address the issue of fatherlessness.

If you’ve ever wanted to blog along on a book, here’s your chance. But even if not, this is great way to learn more about one of the most prevalent issues in our nation and how to do something about it. Help keep changing the world!

-Dillon

FATHERLESS GENERATION by Dan King

The #icorphan
fire hose blasted me (and several others) with many life-changing
stories and truckloads of personally challenging information. And even a
couple of weeks later, one thing that stands out in my mind is the
effect that fatherlessness has on children. The truth is that many of
our biggest societal problems have their root in the absenteeism of a
worthwhile father figure.

I’m really excited about this next group blogging project. This isn’t
about simply working out our own feelings, but more so about fixing
some of our culture’s deepest issues. Check out the description of Fatherless Generation: Redeeming the Story by John Sowers:

What happens when givers of life give a lifetime of tears?

The story of fatherlessness is written into the heart of our
generation. It is heard in our songs, seen in our movies, read in our
blogs. It is a story of shame, loneliness, and rejection. A story of
missed potential and wasted opportunity. A story that desperately needs
to be heard.

But fatherlessness is more than a personal tragedy. It is a growing
epidemic. Fatherlessness is a driving force behind gangs, teenage
pregnancy, drug abuse, and suicide. And all too often, the fatherless
are either marginalized or ignored.

Weaving in his own experience of fatherlessness, Dr. Sowers
eloquently presents the desperate reality of fatherlessness in our
culture and how awareness and compassion offer a solution of hope–a hope
that will write new stories for generations to come.

And and we have an incredible team leading us through discussion on this book:

And here’s our posting schedule:

Introduction (Crystal Rowe)

PART 1: FATHERLESS GENERATION
Chapter 1: Somewhere I Belong (Seth Haines) – 3/21
Chapter 2: Haunted Houses (Jeremy Carnes) – 3/23
Chapter 3: Midnight Sons and Daughters (Kevin DeShazo) – 3/25
Chapter 4: The Fatherless Gang (Julia Swodeck) – 3/28
Chapter 5: Forgotten Fairy Tales (Crystal Matherne) – 3/30
Chapter 6: Running to Stand Still (Elora Ramirez) – 4/1

PART 2: REDEEMING THE STORY
Chapter 7: Returning the Favor (Kevin DeShazo) – 4/4
Chapter 8: Belonging to God (Seth Haines) – 4/6
Chapter 9: Father to the Fatherless (Julia Swodeck) – 4/8
Chapter 10: Of Musth Cycles and Mentoring (Brent Kelly) – 4/11
Chapter 11: Anatomy of a Mentor (Crystal Matherne) – 4/13
Chapter 12: In Search of a Name (Jeremy Carnes) – 4/15
Chapter 13: Sustainable Communities (Brent Kelly) – 4/18
Chapter 14: Redeeming the Story (Elora Ramirez) – 4/20

Author’s Closing Thoughts (John Sowers) – 4/22

So stay tuned for some great discussion, and please feel free to jump
into the comments and share your thoughts! In the meantime, here are a
few things that you can do right now…

  • Buy the book. It’ll be a much better experience for you if you follow along in your own copy of the book.
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  • Tweet it up! Follow @bibledude and retweet updates from this event. If you want to share your own tweets, make sure that you use the #fatherlessgen hashtag.
  • Share your posts! If you’ve written a review on
    this book, your own chapter discussions, or just even some thoughts on
    fatherlessness, then please share those links in the Simply Linked
    widget below. Your stories help make these kinds of projects really
    worthwhile!

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