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When 'Spiritual but Not Religious' is Not Enough Lillian Daniel

When 'Spiritual but Not Religious' is Not Enough By Lillian Daniel

When 'Spiritual but Not Religious' is Not Enough by Lillian Daniel


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Lillian Daniel takes on the cliched catchphrase I'm spiritual but not religious by telling stories - both biblical and contemporary - of what a life of faith can really be: odd, wondrous, and worth trying.

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When 'Spiritual but Not Religious' is Not Enough Summary

When 'Spiritual but Not Religious' is Not Enough by Lillian Daniel

People find it comfortable and convenient to create their own version of God-but can they really face the God who created them? The phrase I'm spiritual, but not religious has been used so much as a blanket statement of faith that it has become a cliche. Some users have been damaged by particular traditions; others cannot settle for just one. Often religious people - especially if they are open-minded and progressive themselves - don't know how to respond. Lillian Daniel answes the dilemma with real, compelling stories of what a life of faith can truly be: odd, wondrous, God-soaked and worth trying. Here are people looking for God in the midst of everyday life, unashamed to be religious in the full and wonderful sense of the word. Private spiritual life keeps people self-focused and vague, depriving them of centuries of careful religious thought, current debate, and most importantly, a community of support. It is not remarkable to see God in sunsets and mountaintops; what is remarkable is to find God in the midst of fallible human beings. When Spiritual but Not Religious is Not Enough is the book for people who want to find God in nature and in other weird places: prison, airports, yoga classes, committee meetings, and even the weirdest of all places, the local church.

When 'Spiritual but Not Religious' is Not Enough Reviews

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

About Lillian Daniel

Lillian Daniel has served as the Senior Minister of the First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn in Chicago since 2004. A regular contributor to the Huffington Post, she is an editor at large for Christian Century Magazine, a contributing editor at Leadership Journal, and the host of the Chicago-based television show 30 Good Minutes. Her Huffington Post article Spiritual but Not Religious? Please Stop Boring Me gained widespread interfaith attention after going viral on the Web. She is the author of two previous books: Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony, and This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers. She has taught preaching at Yale Divinity School, Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago Divinity School.

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CIN1455523089VG
9781455523085
1455523089
When 'Spiritual but Not Religious' is Not Enough by Lillian Daniel
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
20130214
224
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