Based on over 25 years as a family and criminal defense attorney, Neil Presley Cox wrote HOPE LINES to provide a unique, seminal work on solutions to modern personal and family dysfunction. Rather than a dry, boring discourse on laws and legal maneuvering, Cox sends these insights in creative form. After synthesizing the most common personal and family "disasters" in and out of the courts, he carefully pens 18 engaging and quasi-fictional stories. Each acts as a template to help readers identify with their situation.The current social reality sees individuals and families (and yes, even Christian families) torn apart by drug addiction, alcoholism, infidelity, divorce (with resulting step-families or "grand-parenting"), physical and mental abuse, child custody, an apathetic legal system, job and relationship stress, mental illness, single parenting, and today - even gaming addiction! All are touched upon directly or indirectly, in the 18 stories. Some even profile the same problem from different individual perspectives. Every narrative follows with a section on Reflection (analysis), Application (recommendations), plus a Resource Toolbox and a relevant scriptural verse. Also, HOPELINES offers a handful of "Calls for New Hope and Faith". Cox spent seven years writing and re-writing HOPELINES to throw out a rope or "line" of hope, as people suffer through and survive what is explicitly implied in the subtitle: Modern Family Dilemmas and Solutions from a Christian Perspective. Avoiding the legal system and working things out, are a key piece of the message.HOPE LINES is far more practical than religious, so even therapists, counselors, and lawyers involved in this growing legal quagmire, will discover value with this timely resource in their library.
- | Author: Neil Presley Cox
- | Publisher: Elbow Grease Press
- | Publication Date: Feb 04, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 196 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0975367609
- | ISBN-13: 9780975367605
