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A Life-Giving Vision: How to Be a Christian in Today's World

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Through the words of John Powell, my own ongoing journey to wholeness in Christ has been affirmed yet one more time. Fr. Powell shares his own personal experiences and philosophies which focus on God's love for us through Christ and His gift of the Holy Spirit. This is not a book for just Catholics, but instead for anyone who wants to have a personal walk with their savior Jesus Christ and their Abba.

I have read all his books and I have read the media statements about sexual abuse from the 60's and 70's, that surfaced in 2002.
For the discerning reader, these writings take on a deeper meaning in the light of these recent revelations and reflect the insights individual in the process of growth as an incomplete fraction of a human being.
Masculine, joining the Priesthood at the "tender age of 17" in an era of Victorian repression, journeying thru the confusion of the liberalism of the 1960s and 70s - this is a man of his time, an man who has sinned, a man who has hurt, asked for forgiveness, a man who has grown and who has written a travelogue of his own psychosexual development as an APOLOGIA, rich in insight and throbbing painful humanity.
Who are we to judge? That the funding of overseas Jesuit Missions from the sales of his books have plumetted from the revelation of 'scandal' of old - is this not a worse outcome for humanity, when the readership of his writings and insights with proceeds of sales, has done so much good for so many.

Read his books and learn what it is to be a growing incomplete human, an Augustine and take note of Padre Pio's personal advice to this now frail and suffering elderly man.

"let those of you who have not sinned cast the first stone" and look at the "bigger picture" please.
A towering intellect. A Man for all Seasons, but above all a self confessed MAN and a frail HUMAN.
Read & BUY!.

Filled with colorful and beautiful illustrations that help to evoke its themes, this book is a refreshing journey that guides one in developing a worldview of love, openness, hope, joy, and growth. The emphasis is on the importance of focusing on what is good, being a "goodfinder" who looks for the positive in situations, orienting one's awareness toward the blessings of life rather than focusing on complaint and darkness. Looking toward the joy and beauty of God's world helps take our gaze away from inward focus on our problems, "dying to self" as we begin to participate with God in loving and blessing the world around us. This sustains us on a path as we move through our days into an ever-increasing awareness and gratitude, and the eventual full realization of Heaven.

I found this book to be like meditating while looking through a sunlit stained-glass window. Simply reading it was restorative. I am keeping it on my shelf to re-read whenever I need a lift.

Settlement reached in priest abuse case By Theresa Gutierrez
ABC 7News Chicago
November 17, 2005 - A settlement has been reached in connection with a Roman Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse. At least six adults claimed father John Powell abused them in the late 60's and 70's. John Powell has admitted to the abuse charges.