Bringing God Home: A Spiritual Guidebook for the Journey of Your Life

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Macmillan, Jun 14, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 256 pages
Praise 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.
 

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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
Copyright

Be It Ever So Humble
135

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About the author (2003)

Forrest Church is senior minister at All Souls Unitarian Church in New York City. He has written or edited twenty books, including "Life Lines, Lifecraft," and most recently, "American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer." He lives with his family in New York.

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