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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Texan church pastor Gordon Atkinson is an example of a blogger whose writing is so appealing that he was offered a book deal. Atkinson, more widely known to his online readership as “The Preacher”, discovered blogging as a relatively anonymous way of telling his stories and conveying his uncensored take on things. Within months, his readership skyrocketed. People who found him can’t help but tell their friends, regardless of religion, to come and read the blog of this preacher who can make us look again at simple things that we take for granted, or tickle us with tales of evicting a raccoon from his chimney. Most of all, they can’t help but share with others on how unpretentious this man of God is. Atkinson is frank with his own very human struggles with faith and God, and a lot of his reflections or observations have a tendency of punching readers in the gut when they recognize how they’ve felt the same or it has happened to them before. This book is a collection of his finest online essays as well as several more never published online. The good news is that you don’t have to buy this book to sample his writing. Just look it up online. (2005) sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Gordon Atkinson is the pastor of a small church in San Antonio, Texas. But he is more widely known to a large online readership simply as bThe Preacher, b having posted many honest, witty, probing reflections on the weblog called RealLivePreacher.com. Within months of this weblogbs start in late 2002, thousands of people were coming to read Atkinsonbs latest postings, and today RealLivePreacher.com is one of Salon.combs top ten blogs and one of the most-read weblogs in the world.This book gathers the finest of Atkinsonbs electronic essays (reworked for print publication), together with nine new writings never posted online. As veteran blog readers already know, Atkinsonbs mind skews here and there, commenting on the stars, children, and tamales as often as he considers the foibles of life and faith. Readers will meet Earl the gravedigger; the little blue shoes girl; Elliot, whose birth was called Advent; and George, a deacon whose legacy lives in a rock embedded in a church wall. These are allreal people, and they make up just part of the fascinating world of RealLivePreacher.com.Anyone wondering about the spiritual side of Atkinsonbs writing can expect challenges. One of his aims is bto find God in the seams and transitions of life, especially at the places where sacred meets secular.b Hebs not afraid to explore the full spectrum of life, including the disturbing. No matter the subject, however, the common thread running through these essays is the search for God in it all.A unique book that will also turn readers on to a vital, engaging, worldwide online community, "RealLivePreacher.com" offers something for everyone. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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This book would be deemed heresy by a lot of church-goin' folk, which is precisely why I love it. I've always been a fan of seekers, not folks who think they have all the answers - and I prefer spiritual writers over 'religious' writers.
This book fits nicely betwixt the Dalai Lama's "The Art of Happiness" and some of Kurt Vonnegut's writing.
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