Making Peace with a Dangerous God : Wrestling with What We Don't Understand

by Clare, Linda, and Kristen Johnson Ingram

• ISBN13: 9780800730734
• ISBN10: 0800730739
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Revell

Summary

According to Linda Clare and Kristen Johnson Ingram, calling God dangerous is a more apt description than the way we usually want to think about him-gentle, peaceful...safe.

Author Biography

Linda Clare is an editor, the author of three nonfiction books, a frequent contributor to magazines and journals, and a former art teacher

Table of Contents

Facing the Dangerous God	9	(4)
The Puzzle: Wrestling with the Very Idea of God
Finding the Pieces	13	(2)
Unforeseen and Unexpected	15	(5)
The Difficulty of God	20	(1)
An Alien God	21	(4)
Why Work This Puzzle When God Seems Absent?	25	(1)
Tuesday Peace	26	(4)
The Other Side of the Puzzle	30	(1)
God Is a Patchwork Quilt (and So Am I)	31	(5)
The Agony of Belief	36	(5)
Assembling the Pieces: Wrestling with Proof, Answers, Signs, and Miracles
Wanting the Big Picture	41	(2)
The Scent of Roses	43	(5)
Seeing with Your Ears	48	(1)
Palo Verde Prayers	49	(8)
Prayers of Burden	57	(1)
Stolen Savior	58	(6)
The Hunger for Proof	64	(2)
Journey to Eden	66	(4)
Trust and Faith Come Hard	70	(5)
The Jigsaw Jesus: Wrestling with How to Picture God
Unknowing	75	(2)
God as Mother	77	(4)
God as Father	81	(1)
Breaking Curfew	82	(3)
God as Lover	85	(1)
First Love, Last Love	86	(5)
Taking the Leap	91	(1)
A Risky Business	92	(5)
God, the Single, Whole Parent	97	(4)
Getting the Picture: Wrestling with Fear and Doubt
A Sign	101	(2)
Nose Pressed against the Glass	103	(6)
Arguing with God	109	(1)
Sometimes I Don't Like God	110	(6)
What Do You Say to an Atheist?	116	(1)
My First Atheist	117	(5)
A Walk on the Wild Side	122	(1)
Raised by Wolves	123	(4)
Seeing God on the Road	127	(4)
Entering the Maze: Wrestling with Hope from Within and Without
The God Spot	131	(1)
Hardwired for God?	132	(4)
Getting God's Attention	136	(1)
Pick Up, God	137	(5)
Fear of Hurting	142	(1)
A Fundamental Difference	143	(3)
Being an Introvert at Church	146	(1)
Iron Sharpens Iron	147	(5)
Afraid to Hope	152	(5)
Working It Out: Wrestling with Living Like We Believe
When God Gets Mad	157	(1)
With Fear and Trembling	158	(5)
In God's Presence	163	(2)
Cloud of Witnesses	165	(4)
Who's That God I Saw You With?	169	(1)
Balancing Act	170	(5)
These Holy Mysteries	175	(4)
The Big Picture: Wrestling with Power
Storm Chasers	179	(1)
The Wizard on the Screen	180	(5)
The Dance of God	185	(1)
Fighting for Faith	186	(7)
The Storm	193	(1)
The Church and the World	194	(6)
A Wounded Healer	200	(1)
The Arms of God	201	(6)
A Lightning Strike	207	(4)
Making Peace with a Dangerous God
An Invitation	211	(1)
God's T-Shirt	212	(5)
Peace with God	217	(1)
Not as the World Gives	218	(6)
The Adventure	224	(1)
White Water	225	(4)
An Only Child	229	(1)
A Portrait of Christ: Lions and Tigers and ...Who?	230	(5)
God and the Great Bungee Jump	235	(2)
Notes	237