This is a self published book. There is nothing wrong with
self publishing when you have a story to tell the nation.
It is the story of a young man who grew up in Venice,
California in the Hood. In order to survive he had to become a gang member and
later leader. His gang was the Venice Shoreline Crips.
God had a plan for him and it was not to stay in the hood
and become the bad dude of Venice. It was to become a Child of His and to be a
minister, helping others to become followers of Jesus.
The writing is erratic and the transitions are poor. This is
to be expected of a first book. Shipp has a story to tell with a large panorama
and his writing is urgent. The sense I get is that he feels the time is short
and the message must be proclaimed.
He knew the right things to do and how to blend with church
people. He could adapt. And one day he heard the way to be rightly related to
God. He became a Christian.
But he still had to make the choice of how he wanted to
live. Life didn’t suddenly become easy.
Shipp moves from the past to the present in the telling of
the story. He wants the world to know that he has changed and how they also can
be changed.
This book is a gripping book and it does not sugar coat the
struggle.
I would recommend this book which can be purchased on
line. Amazon has it for Kindles also.
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