{"product_id":"finding-our-way-forward-when-the-children-we-love-become-adults-hardcover-1","title":"Finding Our Way Forward: When the Children We Love Become Adults - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelanie Springer Mock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCaryn Rivadeneira\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen our children turn 18, we hope to happily launch them into the world to become the adults we've been preparing them to be. Their pathway seems clear: most will go to college, find a vocation and then a true love, and settle into a comfortable life while we parents keep in touch through occasional phone calls, family gatherings, and surprise trips home for Christmas. But now more than ever, these expectations fail to acknowledge the significant challenges faced by many young people, from a pandemic to racial unrest to a climate crisis that is setting the world on fire, figuratively and literally. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile young people are consistently told they need to discern God's calling, in \u003ci\u003eFinding Our Way Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, Melanie Springer Mock draws on her decades as a college professor and mom to four adult children to explore how finding our way means developing a more expansive understanding of calling for ourselves and for the young adults we love, one that moves beyond vocation and capitalistic enterprises to what God really calls us to: Seeking justice. Loving mercy. Walking with humility. Loving others. Loving God. As we do so, our relationships can be transformed as together we find our way forward. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelanie Springer Mock \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of English at George Fox University (Newberg, OR), an evangelical Friends institution, where she primarily teaches first-year writing, memoir, and journalism courses. She is author or coauthor of five books, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eWorthy: Finding Yourself in a World Expecting Someone Else \u003c\/i\u003e(Herald Press, 2018). Her essays and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristian Feminism Today\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRunner's World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInside Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places, and she is a regular reviewer for \u003ci\u003eAnabaptist World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Letter Christians\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChristians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003efor Social Action\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMelanie and her husband live in Dundee, Oregon, and have two 19-year-old sons. She is a stepmom to two adults and \"Nani\" to two grandsons. In her free time, Melanie enjoys running, swimming, biking, knitting, and watching reality television.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42649312755808,"sku":"9781513810607","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/aWg2bmlObUtUcmFWZmIvQXZia3ZZQT09.webp?v=1773712268","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/finding-our-way-forward-when-the-children-we-love-become-adults-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}