When "Spiritual But Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church - Hardcover

Daniel, Lillian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1455523089 ISBN 13: 9781455523085

Verlag: Jericho Books, 2013

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With candor, theological insight, and pastoral wisdom, Daniel describes how testimony can deeply affect, and finally transform, the life of a congregation. Prepare to learn here about the practice of testimony, but prepare also to be touched by the courage and honesty of people speaking aloud their experiences of faith. Thomas G. Long, author of "Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Christian" Daniel offers us a new look at an old tradition that many mainline congregations have abandoned. She shows how testimony breathes new life into people and the congregations they love. J. Brent Bill, Indianapolis Center for Congregations This marvelous book is itself a testimony to the powerful ways God works when people are invited to tell others what they have seen and heard and touched of God's presence in their lives. Martin B. Copenhaver, Wellesley Congregational Church

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The phrase "I'm spiritual but not religious" has become a cliche. It's easy to find God amid the convenience of self-styled spirituality--but is it possible (and more worthwhile) to search for God through religion?
Minister and celebrated author Lillian Daniel gives a new spin on church with stories of what a life of faith can really be: weird, wondrous, and well worth trying. From a rock-and-roller sexton to a BB gun-toting grandma, a church service attended by animals to a group of unlikely theologians at Sing Sing, Daniel shows us a portrait of church that is flawed, fallible--and deeply faithful. With poignant reflections and sly wit, Daniel invites all of us to step out of ourselves, dare to become a community, and encounter a God greater than we could ever invent.
Humorous and sincere, this is a book about people finding God in the most unexpected of places: prisons, airports, yoga classes, committee meetings, and, strangest of all, right there in church.

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• Verlag: Jericho Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1455523089
• ISBN 13: 9781455523085
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224