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    For the Living of These Days
    For the Living of These Days
    For the Living of These Days
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    For the Living of These Days

    By David L. Petty

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    "I'm on death row; the state wants to kill me, but I'm innocent! Can you help me get through these days?"

    In this manner, I was invited to become Joe's pen pal. My agreement set in motion a long, arduous pilgrimage.

    Little in my background seemed suitable for such an undertaking, yet I had personally wrestled with the issues of criminal behavior, corrections, and capital punishment. Also, as a Christian, I felt that there was a spiritual dimension to be explored. If execution was to come, shouldn't we deal with Job's question: "If a man die, will he live again?" Indeed I believe that all people should prepare for the aftermath of physical death.

    Joe was an exceptional young man, an atypical inmate. He was a scholar in a place where such would be deemed next to impossible. He was a trustyin a place where the rank-and-file would ridicule industriousness. He became a saintin a place where unrepentant sinners were the norm.

    The pending peril of execution became the linchpin for our ongoing exchanges regarding the issues of capital punishment and spiritual readiness for early death. For the Living of These Days was, for both of us, a living toward dying. But isn't that true for everyone?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateFeb 25, 2016
    ISBN9781490898834
    For the Living of These Days
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    David L. Petty

    Dr. David Petty, retired professor of sociology, Stephen F. Austin State University, also taught in the Texas Department of Corrections; and, after retiring, led Bible classes at the Penitentiary of New Mexico. He is a retired colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserve and lives with his wife in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

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