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    Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life and How They Can Transform Yours
    Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life and How They Can Transform Yours
    Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life and How They Can Transform Yours
    Audiobook8 hours

    Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life and How They Can Transform Yours

    Written by Edward Grinnan

    Narrated by Joe Loesch

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    About this audiobook

    The editor-in-chief of Guideposts magazine presents life-changing stories -- including his own recovery from addiction and depression -- that demonstrate the simple keys to personal change and fulfillment. Years of listening to other people's stories of going through tough times, hoping to overcome difficult odds, or trying to find a way to make a difference in the world brought Edward Grinnan to the understanding that personal change is vital to achieving success. In each chapter of The Promise of Hope, Grinnan weaves the tales of other people with his own story to reveal how each of us can learn about the keys to powerful personal change: honesty, willingness, imagination, commitment, faith, forgiveness, acceptance, resilience, and love. He shows these principles at work in his own never-before told personal struggle with alcoholism, and how he has learned through his own missteps to accept change and become the person he was meant to be. Through the telling of these stories, each of us can find inspiration and a positive approach to daily living. By listening to the real-life experiences of Edward Grinnan and others, each of us can find a way to change and grow. As we share Grinnan's struggles and eventual triumphs, each of us will be invited to share our own stories and consider how the nine keys can make a true difference.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateMar 1, 2012
    ISBN9781610454339
    Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life and How They Can Transform Yours
    Author

    Edward Grinnan

    Edward Grinnan is Editor-in-Chief and Vice President of Guideposts Publications, which includes the magazines Guideposts, Angels on Earth, Mysterious Ways, PLUS, The Joys of Christmas, and Mornings with Jesus. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he won the Avery Hopwood Award in Major Playwriting while still an undergraduate. After a stint as a deckhand on Great Lakes ore boats, he was an artist-in-residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. He went on to study playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and received his MFA in 1983. He lives in Manhattan with two blondes—his wife, Julee Cruise, and their golden retriever puppy, Grace. He is the author of The Promise of Hope and Always By My Side.

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    • 1/5
      So far I am not liking this book too much. Edward Grinnan, the editor of Guideposts Magazine, seems to have trouble figuring out what he wants this book to be- an autobiography, a rehashing of Guideposts stories, or a self help book that moralizes at the reader. If he stuck w/just an autobiography, it might be better. But as another reviewer posted, I too find it disappointing as a revelation of the spiritual life of the editor. This book seems to be a mishmash of pop psychology, intertwined w/his addiction story and snippets of Guideposts stories.


      UPDATE: Finally finished this book. My impression hasn't changed. Rambling, long winded and hard to follow. I can't believe Grinnan went to Yale and got a degree in play writing. He has a hard time staying focused on one topic, going off on too many tangents. And he uses too many annoying AA cliches. It's as though no one edited his writing.(How ironic is that- Grinnan is himself an editor) As I noted earlier, it would have been a much better book if he'd stuck w/an autobiography. And if he got himself a ruthless editor instead of those yes men he thanks in the acknowledgements.