Paul Whitaker
20th July 2006, 09:42 PM (21:42)
Allen, Jimmy is the author
Burden of a Secret is the title.
This is a true story written by Jimmy Allen who was leader of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The time of this book begins in the mid-80s when Jimmy gets a call from his son. His son is married, he and his wife have two children. The phone call is to tell the Allens that their daughter-in-law and their two boys have AIDS.
The family tried to hide the tragedy as long as possible.
The rest of the book follows the family as they deal with the fears that we have of people who have AIDS. Schools would not let the boys learn in their classrooms, churches would not let them take part in Sunday School, their son was on the staff of a church and was asked to resign immediately. Within 8 months their baby son was dead.
It is gut-wrenching to feel what they had to go through.
It follows their ordeal with other discovries which are almost as traumatic.
Does CON have guidelines for dealing with families who have AIDS, HIV, etc?
I realize that this was at the beginning of the onslaught of AIDS, HIV, etc. Surely things are better now.
With a church of over 2000 - how many members are still able to worship with us who have this dreaded disease?
It contains a lot of warm-tummy times as well as the times that will upset you.
I could not put this book down before I finished it.
Our family has been affected by the AIDS virus in a very undesirable way. I guess that is why this book had me in tears for much of the readings.
Burden of a Secret is the title.
This is a true story written by Jimmy Allen who was leader of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The time of this book begins in the mid-80s when Jimmy gets a call from his son. His son is married, he and his wife have two children. The phone call is to tell the Allens that their daughter-in-law and their two boys have AIDS.
The family tried to hide the tragedy as long as possible.
The rest of the book follows the family as they deal with the fears that we have of people who have AIDS. Schools would not let the boys learn in their classrooms, churches would not let them take part in Sunday School, their son was on the staff of a church and was asked to resign immediately. Within 8 months their baby son was dead.
It is gut-wrenching to feel what they had to go through.
It follows their ordeal with other discovries which are almost as traumatic.
Does CON have guidelines for dealing with families who have AIDS, HIV, etc?
I realize that this was at the beginning of the onslaught of AIDS, HIV, etc. Surely things are better now.
With a church of over 2000 - how many members are still able to worship with us who have this dreaded disease?
It contains a lot of warm-tummy times as well as the times that will upset you.
I could not put this book down before I finished it.
Our family has been affected by the AIDS virus in a very undesirable way. I guess that is why this book had me in tears for much of the readings.