A simpler faith
Subtitle: hope for people who struggle with church
By: Ed Galisweski
Publisher: Samizdat Creative
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Wheaton, Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780985295301; 9780983328025
Subjects: Christian life; Church work with men; Men; Religious life; Spiritual life; Awareness; Religious aspects
Description: "Are you planning to leave your church? Maybe you'd like to, but you feel stuck. You're not alone--millions of people, especially men, are fleeing their churches or mentally checking out. Ed Galisewski offers a witty, hard-hitting view from the pew as only a "Joe Palooka" from Jersey can. Galisewski pulls back the curtain on the divisive nature of denominationalism and spiritual abuse in many churches and encourages pastors and lay people alike to return to the simple gospel of faith in a Creator, Savior, and Guide. He says you might even need to take a temporary break from church while you heal and reconnect with God. But don't stay away--when you're ready, reconnect with a faith community and bring a simpler faith back to the Church."--Jacket
Notes: Title from jacket.
Table of contents: title: part 1. The hunger for a simpler faith; title: At the foot of the cross, in the Ramada; title: What exactly are we offering?; title: Are they off base? Or are we?; title: part 2. Signs of a simpler faith; title: There is God's word, and there is God's touch; title: The nature of the fight, but which fight?; title: What if we're all a little wrong?; title: God without the baggage; title: Three little letters: C-S-G; title: part 3. How a simpler faith short-circuits; title: The nagging problem of other people's faith!; title: Catholic boy, in paradise?; title: A new set of rules; title: Six men, and a boy; title: part 4. The urgent need for a simpler faith; title: Hitting the adolescent ceiling; title: Great starts and real moments; title: Men, in a spiritual soup line; title: part 5. Church barriers to a simpler faith; title: Setting the table, and stacking the deck; title: Doin' the 'corporate creep'; title: The 'basting' principle; title: Standing on the Word, but whose word?; title: part 6. Acting on a simpler faith; title: Making like Toto, pulling back the curtain; title: We're off the see the wizard!; title: Resisting the 'Messiah complex'; title: An 'audience of one'; title: Part 7. The call for a simpler faith through history; title: Unity, a rare picture in history; title: The runaway conga line; title: Landing in the sandbox; title: From transactions to relationship; title: part 8. Moving forward to a simpler faith; title: Looking around the banquet hall; title: Free in Christ! kinda; title: Facing down our fears; title: Taking the first step toward the good things to come; title: part 9. Reforming a simpler faith; title: The most powerful witness; title: Options for a simpler faith? oh, yeah; title: A helping hand, from pastors; title: In the house of broken dreams; title: part 10. A simpler faith as a Christian witness; title: And our worst enemy is ...; title: 'Please, not the God of the Bible!'; title: part 11. Putting a simpler faith to work; title: Reengaging: it all starts here; title: Old place or new?; title: Can you dig it, preacher?; title: Simple, from cradle to eternity.