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A Spiritual Compass for Doubters Who Hunger for a Meaningful Faith This is a guidebook for spiritual orphans that shows how they can "doubt their way home" by embracing their doubts and asking the hard questions as a meaningful path toward genuine faith. Kent Ira Groff helps readers value their own questions and learn to talk about spiritual matters in fresh, nonreligious language. Rather than handing down doctrines "from above," Groff invites readers to look at life "from below," exploring experiences of daily living. He helps the reader nd the grace in the grit of everyday life, seeking…mehr

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A Spiritual Compass for Doubters Who Hunger for a Meaningful Faith This is a guidebook for spiritual orphans that shows how they can "doubt their way home" by embracing their doubts and asking the hard questions as a meaningful path toward genuine faith. Kent Ira Groff helps readers value their own questions and learn to talk about spiritual matters in fresh, nonreligious language. Rather than handing down doctrines "from above," Groff invites readers to look at life "from below," exploring experiences of daily living. He helps the reader nd the grace in the grit of everyday life, seeking analogies of faith in lm and literature, psychology and science, poetry and arts, music and sports. "Filled with wisdom and practical guidance, rich insights and memorable quotations, it consistently connects to experience and comes complete with fty reection exercises." --Marcus Borg, Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, Oregon State University, and author, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time and Reading the Bible Again for the First Time "Kent Ira Groff's timely and fascinating book shows there is a way out of skepticism, in the various manifestations of grace in ordinary life. Virtually everything offers lessons that can open doors to insight, faith, and experience of the divine Presence. This is a much-needed book, especially in this very dark age." --Bro. Wayne Teasdale, author, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions and A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life "In this book, Kent Ira Groff seeks spiritual nourishment for the religiously disenfranchised. In touching vignettes, the author pries open new doors in his quest to satisfy our deep hunger for meaning-doors that open us to a spiritual realm within ourselves, to which our eyes have been dulled by religion and from which we have for far too long been separated." --John Shelby Spong, author, Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile
Autorenporträt
Kent Ira Groff, a writer, poet, speaker, and spiritual guide, describes his work as one beggar showing other beggars where to find bread. He is founding mentor of Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and adjunct professor at Lancaster Theological Seminary.
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"Groff takes the unusual and highly beneficial step of leading thereader through some of the great secular and religious classics,but also of encouraging guided reflections on key passages. Thisoriginal approached enabled me to appreciate them in a wholly newway."
--Harvey Cox, Hollis Professor of Divinity, HarvardUniversity, author of The Secular City and CommonPrayers: A Christian?s Journey Through the Jewish Year

"If you are piecing together your spiritual roots, as many of usare today, this is the place to start. A wise, open-minded visionof what it means to embrace the spiritual life comes throughGroff's work."
--Lauren Artress, author, Walking a Sacred Path:Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool, canon forspecial ministries, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

"In an age when many have lost confidence in conventionalapproaches to Christian faith and spirituality, Kent Groff facesthese concerns honestly and sympathetically, and from that postureof wisdom and humility offers fresh insights and inspiration forthose at the crossroads or roadside of faith's journey. WhatWould I Believe...? is a welcome resource for seekers anddoubters and those who care about them."
--Nathan D. Baxter, former dean, Washington NationalCathedral

"Today, people hunger for meaning and direction as perhaps neverbefore, yet the assurances offered by traditional religions andphilosophies have become hollow for many. In What Would IBelieve if I Didn?t Believe Anything? Kent Ira Groff meets thisdilemma head-on. This is solid writing grounded in intuition andintelligence, on the most vital questions we humans ever confront.What Would I Believe...? is a spiritual compass pointingtoward a richer, more fulfilling life for anyone fortunate enoughto read it."
--Larry Dossey, M.D., author, Healing Words Beyond theBody, Reinventing Medicine, and Healing Words

"This book is a cornucopia overflowing with spiritual adages,insights, practices and prayers culled from many sources. . . .there is sure to be some fruit or flower that will nurture youhere."
--Wendy M. Wright, chair of humanities, Creighton University,Omaha, Nebraska, and author, Seasons of a Family?s Life

"With Kent Groff as a guide, seekers?skeptical or earnest?arelikely to glimpse unexpected connections between the mundane andthe Holy that stir the embers of the soul and disclose pathways tofaith that for many have become obscure?but remain longedfor."
--Sharon Daloz Parks, author, Big Questions, Worthy Dreams:Mentoring Young Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, andFaith

"This is a book for seekers who are longing to find their wayhome, those weary of religious platitudes, yet awed by beauty,truth, and the ultimate mystery of God. Kent Ira Groff offersnot a road map, but a compass that points the way for his readers'own journeys. With this rich tapestry of ideas as inspiration,Groff invites readers to find community with fellow pilgrims and toembrace the divine mystery that is the source of life."
--Martha J. Horne, dean and president, Protestant EpiscopalSeminary in Virginia, and former president of the Association,Theological Schools in the United States and Canada

"The author writes well, poking fun and prodding the reader toconsider different angles and visions. Rather than making a legalargument, Groff paints on a canvass and asks us to step back andtake a good long look at it."
--Michael Long, Assistant Professor of Religion atElizabethtown College in PA, director of peace and conflict studiesprogram and author of Have the Time of Your Life: Live for Godin Each Moment and Creative Living: Martin Luther King, Jr.,and the Good Life
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