Searching for Home : Spirituality for Restless Souls

by Barnes, M. Craig

• ISBN13: 9781587430626
• ISBN10: 1587430622
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Brazos Press

Summary

Why are so Many of us constantly moving from one place to another? If you ask people that question, the most common answer involves work... Work may be the excuse for our transiency, and it may even be the only reason of which we are consciously aware. But the pastor in me has been digging deeper to discover what it is that drives us to accept these job offers that make us pack up and take off again.

Author Biography

M. Craig Barnes was formerly pastor of the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., and is currently professor of leadership and ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

1. Homeless: Lost In the Search for a Good Place	9	(14)
2. What Is Home? A Place with Father, Son, and Spirit	23	(14)
3. Our Nomadic Meandering: How We Became So confused	37	(18)
4. The Alienated Nomadic Soul: The Danger of Being Homeless	55	(16)
5. Beginning the Journey Home: Going Down to Go Up	71	(18)
6. The Memory of the Father's House: The Great Turnaround	89	(14)
7. Climbing the Mountain: The Road Home Is Hard	103	(18)
8. Forks in the Road: Its Not about Our Choices, but Gods	121	(14)
9. Is God Homeless? The Transformation from Nomad to Pilgrim	135	(18)
10. The Blessings of Home: Why Heaven Makes a World of Difference	153	(16)
11. The End of Our Yearning: Communing with Home along the Way	169	(14)
Notes	183