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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Good stories of Kirk Franklin's early years. His passion certainly has not dimmed.
As someone who has grown up listening to gospel music all my life, no one is as well known in the gospel music genre as Kirk Franklin. Through this book, Kirk provides a first hand account of his life from being raised by his grandmother’s sister, to feeling like an outcast among his peers, his tumultuous teenage years as his eventual discovery and love for gospel music as a way to share the love of God with others.
I was impressed that Kirk doesn’t sugarcoat his life experiences but instead embraces them and even expresses regret in some cases. Through surviving the hardships of his life, he feels that these challenges and God have helped him become a better man.
The book is divided into three parts: beginnings, transitions, and expectations. The beginning portion of the book focuses on the accident which nearly ended Kirk’s life in 1996 and his recovery from that accident. The first portion of the book also focuses on Kirk’s upbringing by his aunt Gertrude and the feelings the come with being raised by an sixty-four year old woman.
The transitions portion of the book focuses on Kirk’s middle school experiences and what lead up to him become heavily involved in gospel music. During this section of the book, Kirk writes of being sexually actIve starting at age 14 as well as his eventual decision to accept God in his life. This section of the book ends with Kirk being invited to perform at various gospel music workshops and his stance on religion which is while he’s always ready to be a witness for his faith, he’s not going to force it on people or be overly aggressive.
In the expectations portion of the book focuses on Kirk’s accepting the influence he has in gospel music as well as staying true to God, himself, his wife, kids and those he interacts with. He ends the book by being hopeful of the future and having an opportunity to spread the word of God to as many people as possible. Throughout this book, Kirk is grateful for God allowing him to live and spread the message of God and love to the world.
I was impressed that Kirk doesn’t sugarcoat his life experiences but instead embraces them and even expresses regret in some cases. Through surviving the hardships of his life, he feels that these challenges and God have helped him become a better man.
The book is divided into three parts: beginnings, transitions, and expectations. The beginning portion of the book focuses on the accident which nearly ended Kirk’s life in 1996 and his recovery from that accident. The first portion of the book also focuses on Kirk’s upbringing by his aunt Gertrude and the feelings the come with being raised by an sixty-four year old woman.
The transitions portion of the book focuses on Kirk’s middle school experiences and what lead up to him become heavily involved in gospel music. During this section of the book, Kirk writes of being sexually actIve starting at age 14 as well as his eventual decision to accept God in his life. This section of the book ends with Kirk being invited to perform at various gospel music workshops and his stance on religion which is while he’s always ready to be a witness for his faith, he’s not going to force it on people or be overly aggressive.
In the expectations portion of the book focuses on Kirk’s accepting the influence he has in gospel music as well as staying true to God, himself, his wife, kids and those he interacts with. He ends the book by being hopeful of the future and having an opportunity to spread the word of God to as many people as possible. Throughout this book, Kirk is grateful for God allowing him to live and spread the message of God and love to the world.