{"product_id":"things-i-want-to-say-letters-to-a-son-before-you-launch-9798196598722","title":"Things I Want to Say: Letters to a Son Before You Launch","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ryan J. Pelton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Living - Men's Interests\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA father. A son. Forty letters. And everything he never got around to saying.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen pastor and church planter Dr. Ryan J. Pelton realized his firstborn son was about to graduate high school, he did what he'd been meaning to do for eighteen years: he sat down and wrote it all out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is \u003cem\u003eThings I Want to Say\u003c\/em\u003e-forty short, honest, and deeply personal reflections on faith, doubt, love, sex, money, failure, friendship, marriage, race, creativity, suffering, and the slow art of becoming a man of character. Written from a kitchen table, not a pulpit, this book is what happens when a father stops waiting for the right moment and puts the truest things he knows on paper before his son walks out the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized around the three great virtues-faith, hope, and love-and woven through with the fruit of the Spirit, each chapter opens with a personal story, explores a timeless truth, and closes with a scripture and a blessing. Drawing on the wisdom of N.T. Wright, Dallas Willard, Tim Keller, Thomas Merton, C.S. Lewis, and two decades of pastoral ministry, Ryan writes with the warmth of a dad, the honesty of a man who's made plenty of mistakes, and the conviction that character is built, not born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort enough to read in ten minutes. Honest enough to stay with you for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraduation gifts for sons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFathers looking for wisdom to share with their sons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung adults entering college, career, and adulthood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone who loves \u003cem\u003eTuesdays with Morrie, The Last Lecture, \u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eLetters to My Son\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall groups and men's ministry discussion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The life you actually want is on the other side of the thing that scares you. Go get it.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892674314391,"sku":"9798196598722","price":884.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196598722.webp?v=1781188144","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/things-i-want-to-say-letters-to-a-son-before-you-launch-9798196598722","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}