Bringing God Home: A Spiritual Guidebook for the Journey of Your LifePraise for Bringing God Home “A profound book. As we set out to bring God home, we are the ones who return home.” --Archbishop Desmond Tutu “Forrest Church is a perfect guide through the oceans of belief.” --Diane Ackerman “Bringing God Home is a book whose arrival could not have come at a more important moment in human history.” --Faye Wattleton “Intensely human and mystically profound. A spiritually hungry world will love this book.” --Bishop John Shelby Spong Using his own spiritual quest as a starting point, Forrest Church has written a book that will comfort and inspire readers of all backgrounds and creeds. Drawing insight and courage from poets, philosophers, and prophets from across the ages, and from ordinary people from across the street, he challenges us to set out on the journey of our lives, and then guides our steps back home. |
Contents
Embarking | |
The Shortest Way Home | 7 |
Running Away | 31 |
Home from the Sea | 47 |
The Prison House | 63 |
Home After Dark | 81 |
Where the Heart Is | 99 |
The Home Fires | 115 |
Open House | 151 |
Our Heavenly Home | 167 |
Carry Me Home | 185 |
At Home in the Universe | 203 |
Homecoming | 223 |
Acknowledgments | 227 |
Guides and Companions | 231 |
Be It Ever So Humble | 135 |
Common terms and phrases
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