Earthy Mysticism - Spirituality for Unspiritual People (Paperback)

This book, says the author, is a testimony of narratives where [a] strange God appears. Such appearances supply the mystical states that have come to shape my life. I am not helped much by conventional approaches to spirituality. I find it almost impossible to do devotions. Daily Bible study in the sense of devoting twenty to thirty minutes a day never worked for me. I cannot get around to scheduled times for prayer on my knees with head bowed. I find labyrinths and prayer beads boring. I am ever and again distracted in silent meditation. I simply cannot sustain a spirituality based in such things. I do not regard myself as unusual or special. My hunch, and it is more than that, is that a host of people will recognize themselves in what I describe here. What is here is, clearly, my story, but it is not about me. It is about a God of surprises, of One who comes in the ordinary and the seamy. It is about a God who will goose you. It is about mystical moments when clearly the only thing that finally matters is this God who will never leave us alone, especially in the ordinary and angular places of life. It is, I hope, a spirituality for unspiritual people. From the Circuit Rider review: "Tex Sample s new book, "Earthy Mysticism: Spirituality for Unspiritual People," simultaneously says a whole lot and very little about the subject of mysticism. The word mysticism itself only shows up in the introduction and the last chapter, bracketing the book with a concept that Sample doesn t fully define or even directly reflect on the meaning of. That being said, Sample never claims to be writing a scholarly view of what mysticism might be, but instead attempts to show how one can recognize the presence of the holy in everyday life. In this he succeeds powerfully." (Click here to read the entire review.)"

General

Imprint:	Abingdon Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	March 2008
Authors:	Tex Sample
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	120
ISBN-13:	978-0-687-64989-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian religious experience > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian religious experience > General Books > Christianity > Christian Religious Experience Promotions
LSN:	0-687-64989-7
Barcode:	9780687649891

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