Something More
Encountering The Beyond In The Everyday
Published on 16. June 2016
164 pages
978-0-281-07353-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this highly readable book, John Pritchard explores around 20 experiences common to us all. Each of these, he believes, offers us a route to a more authentic existence, an insight into some aspect of the divine.
Whether you are just starting out on spiritual exploration, or have some experience of 'signs of transcendence', this book will reassure you are on the right track, and point the way forward to the 'beyond in the everyday', the 'something more' we are forever designed to seek.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-281-07353-5 (9780281073535)
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06/2016
SPCK Publishing
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Person
THE RT REVD JOHN PRITCHARD retired as Bishop of Oxford in 2014. He was previously Bishop of Jarrow and, before that, Archdeacon of Canterbury. He has written many bestselling books for SPCK.
Content
- Intro
- Praise
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. 'Is there more to life than meets the eye?': the beyond in the everyday
- 2. 'Is that it?': a sense of incompleteness
- 3. 'All you could desire': what are our longings telling us?
- 4. 'Life couldn't hold any more': being fully alive
- 5. 'Earth's crammed with heaven': the meanings of wonder
- 6. 'Nobody's perfect': the mess we find ourselves in
- 7. 'Hell and high water': the poignant questions of suffering
- 8. 'Don't just do something, sit there': a need for stillness
- 9. 'Tell it slant': the disturbing beauty of the arts
- 10. 'Coming home': a need to belong
- 11. 'Why is there something rather than nothing?': a need for answers
- 12. 'Darkness at noon': the sudden collapse of our world
- 13. 'Hatching, matching, dispatching': unexpected discoveries
- 14. 'He hath a daily beauty': the influence of special people
- 15. 'Entranced by his company': the attraction of Jesus
- 16. 'Who speaks for the poor?': the search for justice and social engagement
- 17. 'Let it be': letting go and being surprised
- 18. 'So what?': the beyond in the everyday
- Questions for group discussion
- Notes
