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 enlarge | Authors: Donald Miller, John Macmurray
Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group
Category: Book
List Price: $13.99
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 13589
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1576837319
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.8421
EAN: 9781576837313
ASIN: 1576837319
Release Date: February 1, 2006
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 "And, when he died, all he left us was alone..." July 5, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
To be perfectly blunt--this book is just full of religious stuff. And, it is coming from some guy who brags about breaking into someone else's house to steal a book he could have purchased on Amazon for a few dollars!
I feel that more practical advice should have been dispensed. If your father is missing and if your mother is independently wealthy, totally frazzled from supporting the family, totally ineffective, or also missing, the half orphan should realize he/she is now totally responsible for his future. In today's Christian record keeping society, you need only step out of line once to insure you will never obtain a job that will support you or enter a good college. Societal infractions are only possible when you are descended from a "good" and wealthy family. You are on your own and will only succeed if you take positive steps to insure an adequate future.
 amazing March 16, 2008
Miller has a way with words, a gift from God that he uses to communicate messages to readers in a beautiful and moving way.
Whether you are a father, grew up without one, or just want to get an insight on what God's design of a father figure is, I highly recommend reading this book!
I am buying a few copies for my friends who would find it helpful
appeals to guys, as promised February 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Interesting book. I read it so I could understand what my son might have experienced (or is still be experiencing) growing up without a dad. The author's description of young adult men & their perspective on life was interesting, but tough to identify with.
Self realization January 29, 2008
I grew up with a father, but never realized I had abandonment issues due to my fathers lack of interaction in my life until I read this book.
I was sitting there listening to Don's description of his feelings due to not having a dad and I realized I was crying, because I knew exactly what he was talking about.
Not only did this book bring about a huge self realization in my life it helped me to understand how certain positive or negative influences in our lives as children have such a huge impact on us as adults. We need to recognize these influences first and then work through how they impact us.
It also helped me see the huge responsibility I will have as a parent and how my love towards my husband is viewed by my children and how it can affect the way my children view God.
It really helped put things into perspective. This book was not only interesting, funny, heart-felt, but can cause you to see your own story more clearly.
I can't wait to read it again :-)
 Manhood & Masculinity December 21, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Donald Miller has such a way with words. He's witty, observant, and poignant, and his latest book, TO OWN A DRAGON: REFLECTIONS ON GROWING UP WITHOUT A FATHER doesn't stray from the winning formula that his popular book, BLUE LIKE JAZZ: NONRELIGIOUS THOUGHTS ON CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY, began with.
Since Miller co-wrote the book with his good friend and mentor John MacMurray, it makes sense that many of the stories would involve their relationship and the 4 years Donald lived in the MacMurray household. The book centers on the ideas of manhood and masculinity and explores what growing up without a father does to a young boy. With chapters on Replacement Fathers, the Main Problem, the Mentor Relationship, Belonging, Authority, Making Decisions, Girls, Sex, Integrity, Work Ethic, Education, and Spirituality, Miller looks at the different aspects of manhood with solid storytelling and a spot-on wisdom that has obviously benefitted from his own journey into manhood without a father.
Books like these are needed in today's culture, especially with the eroding concept of masculinity and the dissipating importance our society places on manhood. With the lines between boyhood and manhood being continuously blurred and increasingly undefined, is it any wonder boys are waiting until their late 20s or early 30s to grow up? If ever? Young men need older men in their life who can step into their realities and show them what manhood looks like. Manhood doesn't just happen to males, they must choose to enter it, and TO OWN A DRAGON is a timely conversation about what that journey could look like.
--- Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens
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