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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... go not necessarily to people who have a great deal of knowl- edge , but to those who are highly intuitive , who can take mental leaps that land them beyond the problem to a solu- tion . Sometimes this will not itself provide the ...
... go be- yond the logical , the familiar , the tried and true . In the fifth century BCE , Israel suffered what for any soci- ety is a devastating blow . Their capital , Jerusalem , was attacked by a powerful enemy - a superpower of that ...
... goes beyond accepted thinking . He points to Cyrus as the very instrument of God to bring free- dom to the people of God in their exile . Those who hear Isaiah are astonished . How can this unbeliever , Cyrus , be of any con- sequence ...
... goes far in strengthening the bonds between leader and those led . In Jeremiah the prophet we again discern the cost ... go straight to the heart of what makes a strong community . Every word is as relevant today as it ever was . Facing ...
... go out and gather enough for that day . " ... Then Moses said to Aaron , " Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites , ' Draw near to the Lord , for he has heard your complaining . " Aaron spoke to the whole congregation ... they ...
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 |