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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... look like people we know -- faces in a mirror . This describes admirably my own experience as I was writ- ing these pages . Throughout them I make an assumption . I assume that scripture is full of lessons , insights , warnings ...
... looks as if he was seeking to reassure and encourage those few who had already been drawn into an al- legiance with the crucified and risen Jesus . Peter's own life will be changed radically before his visit to the coast is over . He ...
... look until he discerns white protrusions in the sand . To his horror he realizes that he is gazing at a sea of human bones . The valley is full of death ! In his dream Ezekiel hears God asking a question , " Can these bones live ...
... look for human resources - as we would say today . In someone very different from herself she finds help . Together their gifts prove to provide exactly the mixture needed for success . The episode of David at the well in Bethlehem ...
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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 |