Title: Wide open spaces /
Authors: Palmer, Jim, 1964-
Publisher: Thomas Nelson,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Palmer, Jim,; Christian biography.
Abstract: Jim Palmer's critically acclaimed Divine Nobodies was only half the story - the deconstruction and shedding of a religious mentality that hindered his knowing God. In his next book, Jim takes the reader along into the wide open spaces of exploring and experiencing God beyond religion. Jim writes, "It is no secret that God can be lost beneath the waving banner of religion. Divine Nobodies is my story of how this happened to me. Sometimes you have to disentangle God from religion, even Christ from Christianity, to find the truth. With the help of some unsuspecting nobodies, I uncovered a new starting line with God. As I've put one foot in front of another, I've experienced God in ways that are deeply transforming."
Contents: Introduction: where's Stephen King when you need him? -- My God can whup your God! : is God a belief system? -- Humankind is from Mars, God is from Venus : can what you're feeling inside be God? -- This is the church, and this is the steeple : can church be everywhere, all the time, with everybody? -- Here's to all the walking wounded : is the Bible a landing strip or launching pad? -- A divine autopsy : does it matter WWJD, if I can't do it? -- The Devil wears Levis 501 jeans : is the reality of evil an inconvenient truth? -- For the least of these : are we too religiously minded to be any earthly good? -- Spiritual living : do you need a purpose in life to live? -- Follow the white rabbit : is God slipping messages to humankind through Netflix? -- The freedom filter : can you trust your gut? -- If I ever meet an angel : are we receiving help from another world? -- Quantum wonderosity : has science discovered God? -- If everyone loved : where have all the little Christs gone?