For For readers who take in faith best through story, and for reading aloud; not for readers who want argument.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
1 of 5marginal
Difficulty
0 of 5easy
A short parable (1996) of trust and acceptance: a boy's discovery of the Father's love.
How it proceeds
Philosophic0 of 5
Scriptural1 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
The Boy Who Cried Abba: A Parable of Trust and Acceptance first appeared in 1996, and was published again by HarperSanFrancisco in 1997 (70 pages) and by PageMill Press in 2001 with a foreword by Amy Grant. Like The Parable of Willie Juan and Journey of the Prodigal, it puts Manning's central conviction, that God is Abba and loves the one who comes to him, into the form of a story rather than an essay.
