{"product_id":"jesus-shines-through-a-lifelong-search-through-hippies-communes-rage-and-church-culture-for-the-god-who-heals-9781954437982","title":"Jesus Shines Through: A Lifelong Search Through Hippies, Communes, Rage, and Church Culture for the God Who Heals","description":"\u003cb\u003eCrushed by a violent, anti-Semitic world and a troubled alcoholic father, Phillip Cohen begins searching early in life for healing and love. It's a journey through...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn abusive, dysfunctional Jewish family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolent neighborhoods in Chicago, Atlanta, and Miami\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHard drugs and hippie communes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUltra conservative Anabaptist churches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMainstream Christianity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's an amazing adventure you'll need to read to believe! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGod often isn't in the places where Phillip thinks God (or godlike \u003cbr\u003esubstitutes) should be. Yet God appears in ways Phillip never expects to\u003cbr\u003e meet him. In his youth, Phil turns to stealing, running away, drugs, \u003cbr\u003ereligion . . . anything to escape the pain of the violent neighborhoods \u003cbr\u003ehe's living in and the troubled father who's brutalizing him, his \u003cbr\u003emother, and two younger siblings. Then, while attending school in \u003cbr\u003eMexico, he sees something he wants but doesn't know how to get: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople living in deep poverty yet are happy and content.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon he dives headlong into the hippie culture, drugs, rock festivals, \u003cbr\u003eand communes. This causes a growing rage inside that he can't contain. \u003cbr\u003eFor a few years, he wanders alone, broke, and homeless around the US, \u003cbr\u003eMexico, and Canada. Then he sees it again: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappy families that love each other.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA little country Bible church in the poorest county in Tennessee appears\u003cbr\u003e to be what Phil and his young bride, Gina, are searching for. It seems \u003cbr\u003eto meet their needs--until the church falls apart, splitting families, \u003cbr\u003ewhile their man-made rules become too suffocating to endure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe search continues.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoin this amazing journey where, despite his efforts to find God, he \u003cbr\u003eoften finds himself in unexpected places where God's presence is \u003cbr\u003eunexpected. Phillip's search then leads him to discover healing through \u003cbr\u003ewoodworking, which grows into a successful multi million-dollar business. However, even in the midst of all this, Phil is drawn back to the God \u003cbr\u003ewho shines through it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carpenter's Son Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954437982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232","brand":"Phillip Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096325816501,"sku":"9781954437982","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b7708817-8475-47ed-b2b2-957b28d3361e.jpg?v=1692805411","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jesus-shines-through-a-lifelong-search-through-hippies-communes-rage-and-church-culture-for-the-god-who-heals-9781954437982","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}