God of surprises
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog5186
- Author
- Hughes, Gerald W. (Gerald William), 1924-2014
- Publication Date
- 1986
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 4501.2 H83 1986
- Place of Publication
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anglican Book Centre
- Publication Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- xii, 162 p. ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "[By] Gerard W. Hughes".
- "This is a guidebook for the second journey [from conception to death] which we are all making. It is written especially for bewildered, confused or disillusioned Christians, who have a love-hate relationship with the Church to which they belong, or once belonged. .... for God is the God of surprises who, in the darkness and the tears of things, breaks down our false images and securities. This in-breaking can feel to us like disintegration, but it is the disintegration of the ear of wheat: if it does not die to bring new life, it shrivels away on its own." -- Preface.
- Contents: Preface / Gerard W. Hughes -- Where Your Treasure Is -- Clearing the Approaches -- Inner Chaos and False Images of God -- Tools for Digging : Some Methods of Prayer -- General Directions for Digging -- Changing Directions -- Beginning to Dig for the Treasure -- Recognizing the Treasure When You Find It -- A Most Surprising God -- Knowing Christ -- His Passion and Resurrection in Our Lives -- The Decision in Every Decision : God or Mammon -- The Valley Speaks : God and the Nuclear Threat -- Epilogue.
- Each chapter ends with "Exercises".
- Author is a Jesuit Catholic priest.
- Subjects
- Spiritual life
- Christian life - 1960-
- Spirituality - Catholic Church
- Spiritual formation - Catholic Church
- Prayer - Catholic Church
- ISBN
- 0-919891-39-X
- Call Number
- BV 4501.2 H83 1986
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)