The Light Shines Through

Our Stories Are God's Story

Carole A. Wageman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2017
Church Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8192-3340-0 (ISBN)

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The treasure trove of stories from Scripture provides wonderful examples of people encountering the mystery of God. We read these stories over and over, and know how they turn out year after year. The one perspective we might miss, however, is that the characters in Scripture never knew how their story would turn out when they were living the unknown, fear, joy, surprise, and drama of the moment. They faced the same uncertainty, worry, distraction, and wonder that we face in light of life events that leave us breathless for hope and help. We often fail to grasp how divine participation in the human story is actually what God's story is all about. Our stories are God's story. Personal narratives, then and now, seem to be the ways in which God works best as Scripture is transformed from static story to a conversation that informs our own modern dilemmas and uncertainties.

Today's reader can engage with ancient and familiar tales through the lens of pondering where God might be at work in our own lives as well. As today’s Church is in an unsettling transition, today’s spiritual seekers and those who have grown disenfranchised from or disillusioned with traditional spiritual approaches will find a fresh perspective that opens their own story to the overwhelming constancy of God's grace and love.

Carole A. Wageman has served the Episcopal priest since 2003, currently as a certified interim priest in congregations who find themselves in the wilderness of leadership transition as well as a hospice chaplain and co-chaplain to retired clergy in the Diocese of Vermont. Her experience has included telling stories of Scripture in plain, common language while using examples and questions from our daily lives. She is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary and has an Advanced Theological Studies certificate from Episcopal Divinity School and currently lives in Monkton, Vermont.

Introduction

Part One God's Storyboard
Chapter 1 The Promise God Just Doesn't Forget: A Story of God's Covenant with Abraham
Chapter 2 Who Do People Say That I Am? A Story of Peter and Jesus

Part Two When Faith and Fear Collide
Chapter 3 God Leaves No Fingerprints: A Story of Nicodemus
Chapter 4 When Faith and Fear Collide: A Story of Jairus and the Story of the Hemorrhaging Woman
Chapter 5 Under the Broom Tree: A Story of Elijah
Chapter 6 Do You Know God's First Name? A Story of Aaron and the Golden Calf
Chapter 7 People of Fear – People of Promise: A Story of the Shepherd

Part Three The Bleeding Edge
Chapter 8 Whom Do You Seek? A Story of Mary of Magdalene at the Tomb
Chapter 9 Good News Comes . . . Even for the Betrayer: A Story of Judas Iscariot
Chapter 10 The Breaking of the Bread: A Story of the Disciples on the Road to Emmaus
Chapter 11 Who Will I Be When the Geese Fly North? A Story of Carole
Part Four Letting God Be God
Chapter 12 The God of Surprises: A Story of Peter and Cornelius
Chapter 13 Hidden in Plain Sight: A Story of Joseph, Jesus' Stepdad
Chapter 14 When Love Came to Town: A Story of Peter, Paul, and Alyssa

Part Five Trusting An Unknown Future to a Known God
Chapter 15 Visible But Invisible: A Story of the Man Blind from Birth
Chapter 16 Discovering the New Normal: A Story of Despair¬––A Story of Healing
Chapter 17 Where Do You Put the Spaces? A Story of Discovering God in the Neighborhood

Conclusion The Light Shines Through: Transforming the Gloom
Scripture Used

Erscheinungsdatum	11.03.2017
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8192-3340-4 / 0819233404
ISBN-13	978-0-8192-3340-0 / 9780819233400
Zustand	Neuware