Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Everyday life is a complex affair. Most of it is made up of familiar situations responsibilities frustrations pressures conflicts obligations dilemmas and demands. In the midst of these we entertain hopes and expectations and meet satisfactions and disappointments. But sometimes crises public or private intrude on the regular rhythms of our lives. New opportunities come our way; long-standing certainties are replaced by newly discovered ambigui- ties. The world around us changes and it is hard to keep pace with all that is happening. If we are able to deal with portions of what is happening the big picture often eludes us. Life easily becomes confusing and the messages we pick up are often contradictory. There are two further complications. First those of us who are committed to connecting our faith with every part of our lives are not always sure how to do so. If it is true as the major Christian traditions have always insisted that our religious convictions and values should be reflected in all that we do – th way we eat and drink work and play worship and vote the quality of our parenting and friendships our involvement with neighbors and colleagues our engagement with popular or high culture-then there is much to consider. All these activities need to be related to our understanding of God and whatever we learn must be incarnated in our behavior. How else will others know that God makes a distinctive claim on their lives? This is a daunting task one we cannot handle alone but only with help from others. Second it would be easier for us to deal with these matters if there were a deposit of accumulated wisdom on which we could draw. (MP)