The Gospel of Falling Down: The Beauty of Failure, In an Age of Success

by Townsend, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781846940095
• ISBN10: 1846940095
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-21
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

We hear a lot about the gospel of success, whether from Christian or New Age sources. But most of us are more accustomed to failure, or at least not reaching our hopes. Which, surely, is at the heart of the life of Jesus and his message. This book is a radical departure from much of what modern day Christianity (and gurus of all kinds) seem to offer. Rather than seeing Christianity as a group of people trying to change themselves into the ideal, it describes how such a practice is precisely what Jesus came to liberate us from.

Author Biography

Mark Townend is a both Priest of the Church of England and member of the Magic Circle

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Foreword	p. viii
Introduction: The Egg of Gold	p. 1
Looking Without Seeing	p. 5
The Broken Thread	p. 19
My Story of Falling Down	p. 28
The 'Two Voices'	p. 33
Obsessed with Success!	p. 43
Our Dreadful Quest for Perfection	p. 53
The Lost Son(s)	p. 58
The Treasure and the Clay	p. 71
The Rock at the Bottom	p. 79
Staying with the Treasure	p. 88
Visiting the Treasure	p. 95
The Breaking of Jesus	p. 100
Conclusion	p. 104
A letter from 'Me' to 'Me'	p. 106
An Epistle to Myself	p. 109
21st-century Cana	p. 114
A Liturgy of Unconditional Love	p. 120
Notes	p. 127
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