A Senior Minister of a Chicago area church discusses the cliché of being spiritual without being religious and advocates for a church-based religious life that is backed by centuries of thought, meaningful debate and a supportive community.
Record details
ISBN:9781455523085 (hardcover)
Physical Description:print viii, 215 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York, NY : Jericho Books, 2013.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
a Searching and praying. Spiritual but not religious? ; The stand-in church ; So hard to sit still ; An honest prayer ; An orphan looks ahead to Father's Day -- Confessing. We and they ; Magic tricks ; Sing sing ; Knitting prayer shawls and baby booties ; Confessions of a picky eater -- Communing. Things I am tired of ; No sin, no service ; The after-tax blessing ; Road trip ; The special occasion -- Wandering. Hog time ; Speaking in tongues ; The poor are not lucky ; Please stop boring me ; Animals in the airport ; Immigrants like us -- Wondering. Borne in perplexity ; Inconsistent on Jesus ; Quibbling and quoting ; I don't have to prove it ; The limits of taste -- Remembering and returning. Every spiritual home ; The secret passage ; Valentine's Day ; A grade of incomplete ; Little boots ; Trial separation.
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