Godyssey (eBook)

Anyone who had their corporate coming-of-age during the "e;live-for-success/look-out-for-number-one"e; heyday of the 70s and 80s will nostalgically delight and find renewal of spirit in this book by a onetime Yuppie "e;reclaimed"e; by her Lord. Like many of her generation who found themselves caught up in consumerist values and careerist lifestyles, the author experienced a sense of estrangement from her own soul...sparking a search for "e;redemption"e; that will touch the heart of the most jaded worldling. A spiritual adventure with a cosmopolitan twist, Godyssey seeks to help the spiritually disenfranchised rediscover that Lord whose gentle "e;wooing"e; they still sense within some recess of the soul, and to recover those Christian ideals they had lost touch with in their pursuit of success. By presenting Christ as a kind of "e;mentor"e; in the art of successful living, this book provides much-needed shepherding to those left spiritually stranded by their immersion in America's recent corporate and cultural milieu. CONTENTS Foreword.........................................................................................................................9I Strange Gods.....................................................................................................13In servitude to the selfII The Pearl of Great Price....................................................................................25A seduction of the soulIII Coming Home....................................................................................................33God's gentle politics of persuasion and conversionIV The Good Life....................................................................................................71A work of art from the canvas of the everydayV The Greatest of These.......................................................................................95Life's highest callingVI Getting Along...................................................................................................123Grace through gritted teethVII The Second Mile..............................................................................................149The art of "e;Good Samaritanship"e;VIII A Journal of the Winds....................................................................................179God's potluck providenceIX Crooked Lines..................................................................................................199The poetry of pain Afterword.......................................................................................................................221