Family Tales: Rewriting the Stories That Made You Who You Are

by James P. Osterhaus

In Family Tales psychologist James Osterhaus guides us in reading and interpreting the stories of our families. In this way he helps us to better know ourselves, our dreams and our struggles. He shows how we can more effectively and faithfully write the stories of our lives and our current families.
Underlying all is Osterhaus's grace-filled sense that we can "rewrite" past stories of hurt and pain. We are not locked into any one pattern of life, since "God uses all the mistakes, abuses and poor judgments that befell us in our family stories to shape us into the characters he wants us to be."

206 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997