{"id":2145,"date":"2017-12-14T10:13:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2017-12-14T12:11:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:11:13","slug":"a-message-of-hope-paraclete-releases-this-child-of-faith-by-mother-and-son-writing-team-on-5th-anniversary-of-sandy-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/a-message-of-hope-paraclete-releases-this-child-of-faith-by-mother-and-son-writing-team-on-5th-anniversary-of-sandy-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"A message of hope — Paraclete releases \u201cThis Child of Faith\u201d by mother and son writing team on 5th anniversary of Sandy Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today as the world remembers the tragedy at Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut, Paraclete Press is privileged to release The Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World<\/i> by mother and son writing team, Sophfronia Scott and Tain Gregory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis book we feel is a message of hope,\u201d says author Sophfronia Scott. \u201cBy sharing our story we hope other families will see it is possible to help their children have spiritual lives in this very secular day and age. And that spirituality really can help in dark times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taking the events of that tragic day, but also the years preceding it, and the days of recovery and healing that followed, Sophfronia\u00a0and Tain\u00a0share stories, experiences and ideas to help parents get to the heart of the question:\u00a0How do you help a child have faith\u2014real faith that they own\u2014in the challenging world we live in today?<\/i><\/p>\n

Read more from Sophfronia about\u00a0This Child of Faith\u00a0<\/i>and her family’s journey of faith\u00a0today in\u00a0Time<\/i><\/a>,\u00a0Fox News<\/a><\/i>\u00a0online, and\u00a0Religion News Service<\/a>.
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\n\"\"This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World
\n<\/b>Releases today, December 14, 2017<\/span><\/span>
\nTrade paper, $16.99,\u00a0ISBN 987-1-61261-925-5
\nRead more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sophfronia Scott<\/b> is a novel and essay writer who spent a large part of her early career as a writer and editor for Time<\/i> and People<\/i> magazines. She holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n

Tain Gregory<\/b> is in the eighth grade at Newtown Middle School. He enjoys riding his bike, playing video games with his friends, acting in musicals, and playing piano. He\u2019s also a Boy Scout in Newtown\u2019s Troop 770 and appeared in the documentary Midsummer in Newtown<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: George Duncan<\/p>\n

In this beautiful and timely memoir, mother and son share insights from a family\u2019s spiritual awakening, a journey that led to a deep experience of God and a new way of life in the world. Not only do they offer practical advice on faith formation, but they tackle a difficult question: How does faith prepare us not only life\u2019s joys but for its most shocking tragedies?\u00a0The answer is deceptively simple: by paying attention to the Spirit and trusting one another.\u00a0Read this one and weep.\u00a0And discover the hope of a child.\u00a0<\/i>\u2014Diana Butler Bass<\/b>, Author,\u00a0Grounded: Finding God in the World, A Spiritual Revolution<\/i><\/p>\n

For more information contact Laura McKendree
\nlauram@paracletepress.com<\/a>, (800) 451-5006<\/a> x 316<\/p>\n

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