Finding Our Way Home: Turning Back To What Matters Most

by Mark R. McMinn

• ISBN13: 9780787975319
• ISBN10: 0787975311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Written in an intimate, personal style, Finding Our Way Home draws on powerful insights from psychology, Christian spirituality, and theology to explore the human longing for home, a spiritual place as much as a physical place where we are at peace with ourselves and with God. Mark McMinn considers the different aspects of home as a spiritual metaphor¾the environment we grew up in as well as the challenges of living well within our present realities. In doing so, he addresses the yearning for a spiritual center, a deeper relationship with God, and peace in our lives.

Author Biography

Mark R. McMinn is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College where he also initiated and directs the Center for Church-Psychology Collaboration. He has authored over 100 journal articles and chapters, and seven books, including Why Sin Matters.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part One: Contours of Home.

1. The Pull Toward Home.

2. A Hitchhiker’s Guide.

3. Turning.

Part Two: Looking Back.

4. Choosing to Remember.

5. Being Remembered First.

6. Forgive and Forget Remember.

Part Three: Looking Around.

7. Home to Self.

8. Home to Relationships.

Part Four: Looking Up.

9. Home to Jesus.

10. Home to Heaven.

Notes.

The Author.