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The Art of Being: Reflections on the Beauty and the Risk of Embracing Who We Are

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I bought this book because I am interested in the subject, especially from a Christian perspective. I appreciated the low price I got it for on Amazon, of course!
Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the book, and "gobbled it up" within a 6-hour drive. Some parts of it made me cry, because God used statements in it to powerfully minister His love to me. Each contributor in the book had at least one very unique and important thing to say on the subject of life as a Christian as well as life as a human being. I shared the book with a friend, who later told me pretty much the same things in terms of her reaction to it. I think it's a book to pass around.

This book is a selection of short stories, essays, sermonettes, and an interview. There's enough variety in it to please anyone. The author's include a diverse group of recording musicians. All of whom are believers. The list of authors includes Paul Meaney (from MuteMath) and Jon Foreman (from Switchfoot). For the person with more traditional tastes in christian music there is an interview of Gloria Gaither. For the listner who finds him/herself in between those two extremes there are chapters by names such as Tammy Trent and a whatshisface (a guy from Jars of Clay.) Every experience written about is unique. Some of them are very personal. If you are searching for a way to be at peace with yourself, your place in the world, and your relationship to God this book will probably have some encouragement for you. If you don't like hearing about about the lives of contemporary musicians this book probably isn't for you but don't write it off without giving it a chance.