Just Wondering, Jesus

by Ehrich, Thomas L.

• ISBN13: 9780819221469
• ISBN10: 0819221465
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Morehouse Pub Co

Summary

What are the questions that are really on the minds of Christians as they try to live out their faith? Author Tom Ehrich challenged readers of his weekly newspaper column and his daily e-mail meditations to pose the questions that they would like to ask Jesus "from the roadside," as blind Bartimaeus did in the gospel. He received hundreds of responses-- not one of them about matters of liturgy, church politics, or canon law. Instead, the questions these ordinary Christians longed to ask Jesus were deeper and more basic: Will I see my late husband in heaven? How can I make my marriage more joyful? Will we ever find peace? What do you want of me? In Just Wondering, Jesus, Ehrich takes 100 of these questions and answers each in the form of a brief meditation/essay, and provides a fascinating glimpse of what is truly on people's minds and in their hearts. The meditations, based on gospel readings, are valuable for personal devotion and small-group study.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
CHAPTER 1: Church	1	(20)
CHAPTER 2: Suffering	21	(19)
CHAPTER 3: A Mother's Death	40	(8)
CHAPTER 4: Purpose	48	(19)
CHAPTER 5: Faith	67	(34)
CHAPTER 6: Peace	101	(7)
CHAPTER 7: Evil	108	(4)
CHAPTER 8: Relationship	112	(11)
CHAPTER 9: Scripture	123	(5)
CHAPTER 10: Sexuality	128	(4)
CHAPTER 11: Change	132	(7)
CHAPTER 12: Job	139	(7)
CHAPTER 13: Words before the Cross	146	(8)
CHAPTER 14: Easter	154	(9)
Conclusion	163