How Do We Know When It's God? - A Spiritual Memoir (Hardcover, New)

Ten years ago, after decades of atheism and hard living, Dan Wakefield experienced a profound religious reawakening, leading him back to church. Bill Moyers called his resulting memoir, Returning: A Spiritual Journey, "one of the most important memoirs of the spirit I have ever read." In How Do We Know When It's God? A Pilgrim's Rocky Progress, Wakefield continues his quest, describing a religious journey "over the long haul" after the first flush of rediscovery. The result is an extraordinary narrative that reveals the pitfalls and peaks of such a pilgrimage.

Wakefield acknowledges that faith must be sustained in a complex, secular world where it is easy to lose our way. The journey is daunting, and his steps are dogged by false turns and disaster. His is a story filled with humor and human error. He wrestled with career choices, including a catastrophic stint in Hollywood; he tried to quell lurking demons through "est"; he confronted the failure of his third marriage, which he realized hours after the ceremony should never have taken place.

Yet through all these events, Wakefield never lost faith in God, even as he lost faith in his ability to discern God's will in his daily existence. The question posed by the title guides him on this search. Weaving in the Christian teachings that sustained him, as well as "the silent prayer of yoga," Wakefield relates the hard-won lessons that followed his renewal: faith is not static, it is changing and challenging; the proverbial dark night of the soul is not a single episode, but a lifetime of passages; each day holds the promise of renewal.

How Do We Know When It's God? is a refreshing account of the trials one man endured but many have known. Wearing his religion plainly and speaking to the breadth of the human spirit, Wakefield welcomes all seekers in his inspiring and enlightening book.

General

Imprint:	Little, Brown
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1999
First published:	August 1999
Authors:	Dan Wakefield
Dimensions:	244 x 164 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	272
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-316-91778-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Religious & spiritual Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Biography > Religious & spiritual Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice
LSN:	0-316-91778-8
Barcode:	9780316917780

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