{"product_id":"9781462893461","title":"The Biddy Sparrow","description":"\"What's them biddy sparrows doing now,  \u003cbr\u003ePapa?\" Corliss Cameron, age 7, although  \u003cbr\u003eblind from birth possessed an insatiable  \u003cbr\u003ethirst to know the world around her,  \u003cbr\u003e\"Them biddy sparrows going for that  \u003cbr\u003ehunk of bread, baby girl. Them sparrows are  \u003cbr\u003escrappers just like you.\"  \u003cbr\u003eOne day the blind girl's curiosity turned  \u003cbr\u003etoward theology. \"What's God look like,  \u003cbr\u003ePapa?\"  \u003cbr\u003e\"Don't know.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\"Never seen him?  \u003cbr\u003e\"No.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\"Tell me if you see God, Papa.\"  \u003cbr\u003eSuddenly the man recalled beholding a  \u003cbr\u003eportrait of the Almighty--Michaelangelo's  \u003cbr\u003efamous fresco, The Creation of Adam.  \u003cbr\u003e\"God was sort of fat, Corliss, and he had a  \u003cbr\u003ewhite beard.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\"Is God Santa Claus, Papa?\"  \u003cbr\u003eThe little blind girl's pursuit of God  \u003cbr\u003ebegan on Santa's lap at the mall. \"Are you  \u003cbr\u003eGod, Santa?\"  \u003cbr\u003eThis year's Santa Claus was a 24 year old  \u003cbr\u003egraduate student--a religion major and an  \u003cbr\u003eatheist. Jolly St. Nick had few good tidings  \u003cbr\u003eto tell the blind girl about Christianity.  \u003cbr\u003eThe following day, sitting atop the steps  \u003cbr\u003eof an old building, father and daughter fed  \u003cbr\u003ethe pigeons. \"What is this place, Papa?\"  \u003cbr\u003eThe man stood in search of some  \u003cbr\u003eindication. He saw some words on the wall.  \u003cbr\u003eAround 1932 the sign read Pentecostal  \u003cbr\u003eUnion Church in old English letters. It had  \u003cbr\u003enever been touched up, and several letters  \u003cbr\u003ewere faded or completely washed out. \"I  \u003cbr\u003ethink it says this is the Peanut Onion Church,  \u003cbr\u003eCorliss.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\"Can we go to the Peanut Onion Church,  \u003cbr\u003ePapa?\"  \u003cbr\u003e\"For sure, Corliss.\"  \u003cbr\u003eThe little girl's pursuit of God continued  \u003cbr\u003ethat Sunday on the back pew of the  \u003cbr\u003ePentecostal Union Church. For the special  \u003cbr\u003eoccasion Mike bought his daughter a new  \u003cbr\u003edress from Goodwill--actually it was a  \u003cbr\u003ediscarded uniform from the Bishop Fulton J.  \u003cbr\u003eSheen Catholic Girl's School. Mike Cameron  \u003cbr\u003edidn't know the difference.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141281071344,"sku":"9781462893461","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462893461_p0.jpg?v=1763679762","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462893461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}