A field guide to God
Subtitle: a seeker's manual
By: Patty Kirk
Publisher: MJF Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781606713259
Subjects: Spirituality
Description: In her Confessions of an Amateur Believer, Patty Kirk gave readers an honest account of what it means to embark on a real relationship with God in today's world. Now, in A Field Guide to God: A Seeker's Manual, she turns her engaging prose on a more practical matterhow to discover God's presence in a world where we can't see, touch, or hear him. Courageously expressing her struggles with faith and doubt, Patty Kirk shows how to reencounter God in both conventional and unexpected ways. From new ways of reading the Bible and experiencing prayer to remembering how we've experienced God in our past and remaining open to indirect messages in everyday life, she helps readers bring more meaning and hope to the faith journey. In addition, each chapter concludes with simple, creative exercises that help you reach out to God. She encourages readers to step out of longing and passive seeking to take action and creatively pursue a God who is always there.
Notes: "This edition is published by MJF Books in arrangement with Guideposts." - t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-245).
Table of contents: title: Losing track of God; title: The frustrating truth about God: for most of us, God is invisible, inaudible, and intangible much or all of the time; title: Separation anxiety; title: The evidence of things seen; title: Inattentional blindness: or, noticing: the skill we lose as we age; title: Scriptural evidence of God's presence, Part I: What, exactly, is the Bible?; title: Scriptural evidence of God's presence, Part 2: a new way to read the Bible; title: Coincidental connections; title: Memory; title: The faith stories of others; title: Indirect messages from God; title: God's presence in prayer; title: Miracles, gifts, and other good things; title: God with us: visibly, audibly, tangibly; title: My Gog, my God, why have you forsaken me?; title: Could God actually be absent?; title: Embracing hope.