Breakfast Epiphanies: Finding Wonder In The Everyday

beloved Minister David Anderson Offers Forty-one True-life Tales That Will Enlighten And Inspire Readers Of Any Faith. Writing About His Everyday Experiences-like Cleaning Up The Yard After A Storm, Waiting In The Doctor's Office, Even Helping His Teenage Daughters Pick Out Fall Dresses-anderson Explores How The Divine Can Surprise Us In Even The Most Ordinary Settings

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church Rector And Pennsylvania Episcopalian Columnist Anderson Gathers Some 40 Short Essays On The Intersections Between Life And Faith, Many Previously Published As Columns, In A Slim Volume That Sparkles With Intelligence And Honesty. (don't Let That Precious Title Fool You.) Chronicling Ordinary Moments In Which God Unexpectedly Appears, When We Are Susceptible To A New, Sometimes Offbeat Awareness Of The Divine Presence, Anderson Shows How The Quotidian Sparks Notions Of The Sublime. The Poignant And Funny Title Essay Describes A Morning When Anderson And His Family Had Cereal And Bile For Breakfast-and How Anderson, As A Result, Decided To Do A Better Job Of Being There For His Children. Whether Contemplating The Work Of Grief, The Capitalist Production Of Christmas Or The Path, Not To Happiness, But Of Happiness, Anderson Is A Calming, Inspiring Voice Of Reason And Faith. (oct. 18) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

Author : David Anderson

Publisher : Beacon Press

Published Year : 2004

Edition : 1

Format : Paperback, 168 pages

ISBN : 0807028193

ISBN13 : 9780807028193