| Conversations with St. Francis Contributor(s): Howell, James C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0687650496 ISBN-13: 9780687650491 Publisher: Abingdon Press OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: Invites readers to pose their most difficult spiritual questions to St. francis- and to listen for the questions he asks in response |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Spiritual Growth |
| Dewey: 271.302 |
| LCCN: 2008002643 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.63" W x 8.22" (0.42 lbs) 107 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If you were able to talk to St. Francis of Assisi, what would you ask him? "Perhaps," says James Howell," the first question I'd want to ask Francis would be something like this: How did you do it? Were you real? How much of your story really happened? And I'm asking because I am wondering how I might do it: could I somehow grab a share of the life you had? The marvel in Francis's story is that all he did seems entirely doable - but then, at the same time, ridiculously impossible. As I survey the bare facts of his life, it all seems so manageably simple, and yet unquestionably what happened was nothing short of miraculous." In this spiritually apt look at the life, message, and meaning of St. Francis, Howell invites all of us to pose our most difficult spiritual questions to the saint-and to listen for the questions he asks of us in response. |
Contributor Bio(s): Howell, James C.: - James C. Howell is the senior pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC, and adjunct professor of preaching at Duke Divinity School. He is co-author of Preaching the Psalms (Abingdon, 2001) and author of The Beautiful Work of Learning to Pray (Abingdon, June 2003). He is also author of Servants, Misfits, and Martyrs and Yours are the Hands of Christ (Upper Room Books) |