Finding God in Unexpected Places

Name: Finding God in Unexpected Places
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ISBN: 9781400074709

ISBN-10: 1400074703

ISBN-13: 9781400074709

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Authors: Philip Yancey

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An Atlanta slum. A pod of whales off the coast of Alaska. The prisons of Peru and Chile. The plays of Shakespeare. A health club in Chicago. For those with eyes to see, traces of God can be found in the most unexpected places. Yet many Christians have not only missed seeing God, they’ve overlooked opportunities to make him visible to those most in need of hope. In this enlightening book author Philip Yancey serves as an insightful tour guide for those willing to look beyond the obvious, pointing out glimpses of the eternal where few might think to look. Whether finding God among the newspaper headlines, within the church, or on the job, Yancey delves deeply into the commonplace and…

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List price: $16.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.28" wide x 8.07" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.594

Philip Yancey is a journalist and writer who writes a featured column in Christianity Today. The author of more than a dozen books. He is the recipient of a Christianity Today Book of the Year Award, two ECPA Book of the Year Awards, and eleven Gold Medallions. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado.



Introduction



Finding God Without Really Looking



Rumors of Another World



Not Naked Enough



The Lost Sex Survey



Looking Up



Of Whales and Polar Bears



Reading Genesis in the Wild



Disturbing the Universe



Finding God on the Job



They Also Serve Who Only Sit and Click



Letter Bombs



The Never-Never Land of Religious Media



The Power of Writing



God at Large



Finding God in the Rubble



Grace at Ground Zero



A Muslim Seeker



Why Do They Hate Us?



The Great Divide



Does It Matter What Others Think?



Abraham, Jesus, and Muhammad in New Orleans



Along the Frontier



Finding God in a Fractured Society



Eccentric on the Front Lines



Dr. Donahue's Crack Solutions



Those Were the Days, My Friend



Health and the God Factor



Shakespeare and the Politicians



Whatever Happened to Deism?



Could It Happen Here?



Running Away from Fugitives



Finding God Among the Headlines



Russia's Untold Story



The God That Failed



The Wall Comes Tumbling Down



Big Nanny Is Watching



Tremors Underground



Cry, the Beloved Continent



Doubting the Doomsayers



Finding God in the Cracks



Five Polluted Words



Healing While Rome Burns



Miracle on LaSalle Street



The Surprise of Faith



The Alchemy of Memory



Will God Forgive What I'm About to Do?



Holy Secrets



Finding God Within the Church



The Church Behind Bars



Two-Hnaded Faith



Don't Forget to Laugh



Saints and Semi-Saints



In Search of a Both/And Church



Having a Bad Hymn Day



Dear Mr. Chicken: Please Send Money



God's Colonizers


Readers Guide