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A Wakeful Faith: Spiritual Practice in the Real World by [J. Marshall Jenkins]

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In the harried, expect-the-unexpected flow of everyday life, faith seems far away for many people. Your car breaks down. The bills are due. The kids need school supplies. The business report remains unwritten.

In A Wakeful Faith, Jenkins asserts that living awake to God in all of our daily affairs is the answer. Only when we become consciously aware of God's gracious activity in the details of the day can we transform and find purpose in our lives today.

"Each day brings a flood of demands for our time and attention," writes Jenkins. "Deep down, many of us feel the pace is killing us, but we do not admit it very often. After all, everyone else seems to get along okay. Something is killing us, but it is not the pace. It is the inattention to our deepest desire, the desire for God."

Filled with humor and grounded in scripture, A Wakeful Faith calls us to a refreshed sense of God's presence, which can lead to spiritual well-being in all dimensions of life. Jenkins offers practical suggestions to rouse our spiritual wakefulness and alertness to God in daily living by showing how Jesus trained disciples to perceive the kingdom and to know God.

Appropriate for individuals and small groups, A Wakeful Faith contains questions for reflection and discussion at the end of each chapter.

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J. Marshall Jenkins is director of The Counseling Center at Berry College and a psychologist in private practice in Rome, Georgia. He received his PhD in psychology from the University of North Carolina and his BA in philosophy from Davidson College. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B019DN2WZA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Upper Room Books (February 1, 2000)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2000
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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I write to listen. In reading, may you feel heard in a way that helps you name your passions, quandaries, and convictions on the faith journey. As a psychotherapist and spiritual director, the experience and strength of others informs my writing; yet, my own vulnerability plays an important part, for more than advice from experts, serious people of faith need resonance with fellow travelers. As you read my work, may we face our challenges together in God’s compassionate presence rather than in a private dressing room where we try in vain to make ourselves presentable to God at an appointed meeting. God meets us where we are.

My published works include A Wakeful Faith: Spiritual Practice in the Real World, and The Ancient Laugh of God: Divine Encounters in Unlikely Places. Currently, I am writing a manuscript provisionally entitled, Blessed at the Broken Places: Reclaiming Faith and Purpose with the Beatitudes. This book will help readers hear God blessing them personally through the Beatitudes when they feel least worthy of blessing.

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There are some real gems in this book. I read a lot in the genre, so it wasn't new but just a different way of looking at things. I have a different theology then this author, but that's not a problem as the gems are worth actually thinking through this book & not devouring it. Thanks for a great read! At 1 cent, it was worth it too!

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A Wakeful Faith offers a fascinating approach to the daily practices of Christian spirituality. J. Marshall Jenkins makes the salient point that spiritual practices seem right and easy and appropriate on a Sunday, but much less so on a work day or a day in which we face all the stresses of life. He describes that typical weekday and points to ways in which spiritual practices undergird all that may happen. Jenkins is well aware of biblical stories and uses these throughout the book. He is also a psychologist who uses psychological insights to serve the larger purposes of Christian spiritual practice. And he has a nice sense of humor. A good read!

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