Overdue
A Dewey Decimal System of Grace
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Paperback / softback
£12.99
Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814664117
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 26/08/2019
Width: 13.7 cm
Height: 21 cm
Valerie Schultz almost stumbled into prison ministry, a happy accident of a beginning. Initially fearful of the scary people she’d meet and the dark place she’d be working, she found that some inmates were dangerous, but many were kind; some were mean and some were friendly; some were misogynistic and some were respectful; some were quiet and some were loud. In short, they were a lot like the non-incarcerated population.
As Schultz went from volunteering to working in a clerical position and then running a library on a yard, she learned to see the prisoners as human beings. They possessed all the quirks and gifts and flaws, the nobility and the sin, that define humanity—every single one of them a human being created and loved by God. It was no challenge to find God in all things in prison, because God was palpably everywhere.
In Overdue, Schultz shares what she learned and the grace she received during her fourteen years inside an American prison. Her experience and insights will transform how you see the people around you and the world we all share.
As Schultz went from volunteering to working in a clerical position and then running a library on a yard, she learned to see the prisoners as human beings. They possessed all the quirks and gifts and flaws, the nobility and the sin, that define humanity—every single one of them a human being created and loved by God. It was no challenge to find God in all things in prison, because God was palpably everywhere.
In Overdue, Schultz shares what she learned and the grace she received during her fourteen years inside an American prison. Her experience and insights will transform how you see the people around you and the world we all share.
Contents:
Introduction xi
000 Information & General Works
Here’s the Deal 1
Library Work 18
Used Books 20
Overdue 22
The Letter R 24
100 Philosophy & Psychology
Precious and Precarious 27
The Grace of Acceptance 29
No In-Between 31
Psych Reports 33
Sex Offenders and Me: An Uneasy Alliance 36
200 Religion
Visits with Brothers 40
Christmas in Captivity 45
A Thief in the Night 48
Unforgiven 51
A Congress of World Religions 58
300 Social Sciences
Normal/Not-Normal 61
Men Are from Mars . . . 68
. . . Women Are from Venus 72
Institutionalization 73
Eat a Peach 74
Family Visits 78
A Moment of Silence 80
Inmate Turner 83
Lessons in Appreciation 86
400 Language
The Work Glossary 88
Spanish Lessons 90
Stumped by the Code of Prison 92
The Language of Grief 95
500 Pure Science
Inventions 98
Animal Lovers 101
Cat Lessons 104
Flies for Henrietta 106
Naturalists on the Yard 110
600 Technology
Or Lack Thereof 113
College Comes to Prison 116
My Alarm 120
700 Arts & Recreation
The Regulars 123
The Rumor Mill 128
Tattoos 132
The Things They Left in Books 134
Sports Fans 137
800 Literature
The Transformative Power of the P Encyclopedia 139
Writing on the Inside 140
Getting the Written Word Out of the Prison 145
The Caged Bird 146
Introduction xi
000 Information & General Works
Here’s the Deal 1
Library Work 18
Used Books 20
Overdue 22
The Letter R 24
100 Philosophy & Psychology
Precious and Precarious 27
The Grace of Acceptance 29
No In-Between 31
Psych Reports 33
Sex Offenders and Me: An Uneasy Alliance 36
200 Religion
Visits with Brothers 40
Christmas in Captivity 45
A Thief in the Night 48
Unforgiven 51
A Congress of World Religions 58
300 Social Sciences
Normal/Not-Normal 61
Men Are from Mars . . . 68
. . . Women Are from Venus 72
Institutionalization 73
Eat a Peach 74
Family Visits 78
A Moment of Silence 80
Inmate Turner 83
Lessons in Appreciation 86
400 Language
The Work Glossary 88
Spanish Lessons 90
Stumped by the Code of Prison 92
The Language of Grief 95
500 Pure Science
Inventions 98
Animal Lovers 101
Cat Lessons 104
Flies for Henrietta 106
Naturalists on the Yard 110
600 Technology
Or Lack Thereof 113
College Comes to Prison 116
My Alarm 120
700 Arts & Recreation
The Regulars 123
The Rumor Mill 128
Tattoos 132
The Things They Left in Books 134
Sports Fans 137
800 Literature
The Transformative Power of the P Encyclopedia 139
Writing on the Inside 140
Getting the Written Word Out of the Prison 145
The Caged Bird 146