The Blueprint: A Plan for Living Above Life's Storms - Softcover

Kirk Franklin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592406327 ISBN 13: 9781592406326

Publisher: Franklin Kirk, 2011

Synopsis

Seven-time Grammy award-winning artist Kirk Franklin offers powerful, streetwise advice for building a fulfilling life in the face of any adversity.

Kirk Franklin's life was hardly built on a firm foundation. Abandoned by both his father and mother, Kirk was constantly told he was an unwanted child. He struggled mightily yet managed to triumph, dedicating his life to helping others find hope during hardship. With The Blueprint, he provides an inspiring blend of God and grit to deliver real-world words of wisdom on provocative topics including:

·The true definition of manhood
·Deadbeat dads, divorce, and despair in family life
·Why faith that only takes place in a church is dead

In the spirit of Hill Harper's Letters to a Young Brother and T. D. Jakes's He-Motions, The Blueprint delivers an honest new direction, taking faith out of the pews and into the real lives of all who struggle.

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Kirk Franklin’s life was hardly built on a firm foundation. His father abandoned the family. His mother also abandoned Kirk, and constantly told him he was an unwanted child. He was adopted by his sixty-four-year-old Aunt Gertrude at the age of four. His sister became a crack addict. He never saw a black man who was faithful in marriage. Without a blueprint, he struggled mightily yet managed to triumph even more mightily, dedicating his life to helping others find hope during hardship. With The Blueprint, he provides an inspiring blend of God and grit to deliver real-world words of wisdom on provocative topics including: · The true definition of manhood · Deadbeat dads, divorce, and other sources of despair in family life · Why faith that only takes place in a church is dead · The consequences of sex and the responsibilities of parenthood · His own identity as a son, father, husband, singer, and African American · What it means to be a “Christian moderate with swag” in the twenty-first century

About the Author:

Kirk Franklin is the top gospel artist in Nielsen Soundscan history, selling more than twelve million albums and more than twenty #1 gospel hits. The host of his own BET talent search program, Sunday Best, he is the winner of seven Grammy awards, six NAACP awards, and many other honors. Also the author of the memoir, Church Boy: My Music & My Life, he lives in Texas with his wife, Tammy, and their four children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Franklin Kirk
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1592406327
• ISBN 13: 9781592406326
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256