The Unfinished Soul Happening Upon Jesus in the Happenstance of Life

by Miller, Calvin

• ISBN13: 9780805431834
• ISBN10: 0805431837
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-15
• Publisher: B&H Books

Summary

Calvin Miller is a writer's writera renaissance man of letters. His insightful devotional musings have blessed countless souls along their faith journeys for decades. He has quietly and steadily practiced his craft of wordsmithing, with every stroke of his metaphorical pen delving into the depth of the mystery of God's incarnational work in this world. The Unfinished Soul represents another facet of Calvin Miller's writingmore artistic, more introspective. Calvin mines his own inner being for the jewels of faith that are to be discovered theresome fully formed and shining like onyx while others are still forminggrace under pressure. The reader becomes a companion, observing the shaping of faithfulness in an unfinished soul.

Author Biography

Calvin Miller is a favorite author of longstanding acclaim, most well-known for his classic trilogy of The Singer and his many works on the life and ministry of Jesus. He is currently professor of preaching at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction: The Night the Wind Blew	1	(9)
Section 1: My Easy Christ Has Left the Church Notes on Christian Loyalty in a Post-Christian World
My Easy Christ Has Left the Church	10	(5)
The Eighth Deadly Sin	15	(5)
Good-bye Jesus, from the Media	20	(6)
Dawdling toward Gomorrah	26	(4)
The Politically Correct Version (PCV)	30	(5)
The Brain	35	(3)
Section 2: On Trapping Werewolves Trekking the Full Moon to the Heart of Hypocrisy
On Trapping Werewolves	38	(6)
The Night of the Anchovy	44	(6)
Apple Cora	50	(4)
The Wicked Man	54	(6)
Section 3: The Shawl of Paul and the Book of God On Relics and the Real Thing
The Shawl of Paul	60	(3)
The Book of God	63	(5)
Friday and Sunday	68	(3)
Bible Man	71	(3)
The Old 100th Revisited	74	(6)
Section 4: Once upon a Time, Jesus Parables for Postmoderns
Penteuchio	80	(9)
Sleeping Ugly	89	(7)
The Night the Sideshow Was Bought	96	(3)
Red Book, Blue Book	99	(15)
Section 5: Frying Rabbits Putting Jesus Back into the Calendar
Frying Rabbits	114	(3)
The North Pole Apology	117	(4)
The Old 100th Revisited Yet Again	121	(6)
A Shepherd's Testimony	127	(5)
Section 6: X-Rated Muffins Christ and Sexual Sanity
The Muffin Man	132	(4)
Tuesday's Cookies	136	(8)
Poor Little Jack	144	(3)
Ralph	147	(17)
Section 7: The Lawn Mower Man and the Church Lady Faith Hits Home
The Lawn Mower Man and the Church Lady	164	(3)
If You Would Just	167	(3)
Little Boy, Where Are You?	170	(4)
The Diet	174	(2)
Two	176