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    Prayers Without a Kneeler: Naked Anguish Before God
    Prayers Without a Kneeler: Naked Anguish Before God
    Prayers Without a Kneeler: Naked Anguish Before God
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    Prayers Without a Kneeler: Naked Anguish Before God

    By William Jacobks

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    Prayers Without a Kneeler is a collection of poems about my relationship with Jesus. It’s about a relationship that I wanted and at times didn’t want. These poems are written not from within faith but from the outside. They are about trying to discipline my ego to allow my soul to open the grace that Jesus freely gives but is so frightening. This relationship is often frightening because Jesus demands one’s unconditional love. And that’s difficult for me because I am a human deeply embedded in the world. I often don’t want to be but too often I am. You, dear reader, may have the same problem. If so, I hope these poems are of some comfort for you on your spiritual journey.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateAug 27, 2019
    ISBN9781796048025
    Prayers Without a Kneeler: Naked Anguish Before God
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    William Jacobks

    Bill Jacobks was native of Chicago, then Austin, Tx where he went to graduate school at the University of Texas in history and political science. He and his wife moved to Muskegon, Mi. where he taught at Muskegon Community College and where his wife was Assistant Financial Aid Director. While at MCC he went to St. John’s Graduate Institute in Santa Fe, NM and received a degree, Master of Liberal Arts. He is retired. His wife died in 2017 and these poems and three other books of poems are the attempt to find a new life without her.

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