Making peace with a dangerous God : wrestling with what we don't understand /
Clare, Linda S.
Making peace with a dangerous God : wrestling with what we don't understand / Linda Clare & Kristen Johnson Ingram. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Fleming H. Revell, c2006. - 238 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238).
Facing the dangerous God -- The puzzle : wrestling with the very idea of God -- Finding the pieces -- Unforeseen and unexpected -- The difficulty of God -- An alien God -- Why work this puzzle when God seems absent? -- Tuesday peace -- The other side of the puzzle -- God is a patchwork quilt (and so am I) -- The agony of belief -- Assembling the pieces : wrestling with proof, answers, signs, and miracles -- Wanting the big picture -- The scent of roses -- Seeing with your ears -- Palo Verde prayers -- Prayers of burden -- Stolen Savior -- The hunger for proof -- Journey to Eden -- Trust and faith come hard -- The jigsaw Jesus : wrestling with how to picture God -- Unknowing -- God as mother -- God as father -- Breaking curfew -- God as lover -- First love, last love -- Taking the leap -- A risky business -- God, the single, whole parent -- Getting the picture : wrestling with fear and doubt -- A sign -- Nose pressed against the glass -- Arguing with God -- Sometimes I don't like God -- What do you say to an atheist? -- My first atheist -- A walk on the wild side -- Raised by wolves -- Seeing God on the road -- Entering the maze : wrestling with hope from within and without -- The God spot -- Hardwired for God? -- Getting God's attention -- Pick up, God -- Fear of hurting -- A fundamental difference -- Being an introvert at church -- Iron sharpens iron -- Afraid to hope -- Working it out : wrestling with living like we believe -- When God gets mad -- With fear and trembling -- In God's presence -- Cloud of witnesses -- Who's that God I saw you with? -- Balancing act -- These Holy mysteries -- The big picture : wrestling with power -- Storm chasers -- The wizard on the screen -- The dance of God -- Fighting for faith -- The storm -- The church and the world -- A wounded healer -- The arms of God -- A lightning strike -- Making peace with a dangerous God -- An invitation -- God's t-shirt -- Peace with God -- Not as the world gives -- The adventure -- White water -- An only child -- A portrait of Christ : lions and tigers and ... who? -- God and the great bungee jump.
0800730739
2005033660
Spiritual life--Christianity.
Hidden God.
God (Christianity)--Knowableness.
BV4509.5 / .C515 2006
248.2
Making peace with a dangerous God : wrestling with what we don't understand / Linda Clare & Kristen Johnson Ingram. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Fleming H. Revell, c2006. - 238 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238).
Facing the dangerous God -- The puzzle : wrestling with the very idea of God -- Finding the pieces -- Unforeseen and unexpected -- The difficulty of God -- An alien God -- Why work this puzzle when God seems absent? -- Tuesday peace -- The other side of the puzzle -- God is a patchwork quilt (and so am I) -- The agony of belief -- Assembling the pieces : wrestling with proof, answers, signs, and miracles -- Wanting the big picture -- The scent of roses -- Seeing with your ears -- Palo Verde prayers -- Prayers of burden -- Stolen Savior -- The hunger for proof -- Journey to Eden -- Trust and faith come hard -- The jigsaw Jesus : wrestling with how to picture God -- Unknowing -- God as mother -- God as father -- Breaking curfew -- God as lover -- First love, last love -- Taking the leap -- A risky business -- God, the single, whole parent -- Getting the picture : wrestling with fear and doubt -- A sign -- Nose pressed against the glass -- Arguing with God -- Sometimes I don't like God -- What do you say to an atheist? -- My first atheist -- A walk on the wild side -- Raised by wolves -- Seeing God on the road -- Entering the maze : wrestling with hope from within and without -- The God spot -- Hardwired for God? -- Getting God's attention -- Pick up, God -- Fear of hurting -- A fundamental difference -- Being an introvert at church -- Iron sharpens iron -- Afraid to hope -- Working it out : wrestling with living like we believe -- When God gets mad -- With fear and trembling -- In God's presence -- Cloud of witnesses -- Who's that God I saw you with? -- Balancing act -- These Holy mysteries -- The big picture : wrestling with power -- Storm chasers -- The wizard on the screen -- The dance of God -- Fighting for faith -- The storm -- The church and the world -- A wounded healer -- The arms of God -- A lightning strike -- Making peace with a dangerous God -- An invitation -- God's t-shirt -- Peace with God -- Not as the world gives -- The adventure -- White water -- An only child -- A portrait of Christ : lions and tigers and ... who? -- God and the great bungee jump.
0800730739
2005033660
Spiritual life--Christianity.
Hidden God.
God (Christianity)--Knowableness.
BV4509.5 / .C515 2006
248.2