Angels in Red Suspenders
An Unconventional & Humorous Approach to Spirituality
- Publisher
- Wood Lake Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Sep 1998
- Category
- Spirituality
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896836218
- Publish Date
- Sep 1998
- List Price
- $24.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770642676
- Publish Date
- Sep 1998
- List Price
- $9.98
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Description
Ralph Milton is an angel. He may not look the part, but then, who does? In Angels in Red Suspenders, Milton shares stories of everyday miracles, hope, and the discovery of meaning. With characteristic zip and humor, he offers readers food for the spirit.
About the author
Ralph Milton was publisher of Wood Lake Books from 1980 to 2000. He has written hundreds of magazine articles and is the author of over twenty books. He holds two honorary doctorates (Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of Sacred Letters). Milton lives in Kelowna, BC, with Beverley, his wife of 63 years.
Excerpt: Angels in Red Suspenders: An Unconventional & Humorous Approach to Spirituality (by (author) Ralph Milton)
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I am an angel.
That's a bit of a stretch, I know. A guy with a beard and red suspenders is definitely not the first image that pops into your mind when you think of angels. You think of those fat, five-year-old cherubs that Raphael put into his paintings, or St. Michael who looks like the Pope with wings. But a large-nosed, flat footed, past-his-prime male in blue jeans and bifocals?
The angel part doesn't show all the time, of course. Not even most of the time. But sometimes. Sometimes I am angelic. Yes, believe it.
So are you.
Sometimes the bad angels and good angels are the same people.
I heard a story about a teacher who asked the children, "If all the bad people were painted red and all the good people were painted green, what color would you be?"
"Striped," answered one very wise child.