Living Scripture: The Guidance of God on the Journey of LifeWhere can we find truly inspiring models of leadership, friendship, creativity, and humanity to guide and motivate us today? How can we deal constructively with human shortcomings that continually trouble our world? Reflecting on 29 well-known biblical characters "including Moses, Abraham, Bathsheba, Naomi, Pontius Pilate, and Jesus himself" Herbert Driscoll shows how their strivings to live wisely, fully, and joyfully have timeless relevance for us. In our daily struggles with faith and wilderness, self-worth and failure, courage and guilt, power and weakness, we share much with our biblical ancestors. Learning from their journeys with God can deeply enrich our own spiritual journey. |
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... danger from those who had long since taken over lands vacated by the exiles . However , a sufficient number of hardy souls was found to form the homeward caravan . In due time an expedition was heading west to rebuild their country ...
... dangerous to belong to the new faith . Leadership was des- perately needed and sought . The elderly Peter was exactly the right person . His suggested responses to the current stresses were couched in utterly simple and direct , even ...
... . The leadership stands accused of being not just ineffective - such criticism is to be expected . The voices are suggesting something much Facing the Wilderness 29 more dangerous to the whole enterprise . They are saying.
The Guidance of God on the Journey of Life Herbert O'Driscoll. more dangerous to the whole enterprise . They are saying that the leadership is actually their enemy . Trust itself is breaking down . It is interesting to see how Moses ...
... danger . A group of people all sharing much the same pattern of strengths can be , of course , reassuringly comfortable . But it can also be sur- prisingly , even fatally , vulnerable . What leads to the prospering of any enterprise is ...
Contents
Accepting Responsibility | 49 |
The Cost of Integrity | 52 |
A Presence Beyond Panic | 56 |
A Welcoming Community | 60 |
A Lived Commitment | 64 |
Struggling With Our Humanity | 69 |
A Walk in Darkness | 72 |
Realizing SelfWorth | 76 |
Recognizing Loyalty | 36 |
A Serious Commitment | 40 |
A Recipe for Survival | 44 |
A Grace Beyond Failure | 80 |