Finding Our Way Home: Turning Back to What Matters Most - Hardcover

McMinn, Mark R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787975311 ISBN 13: 9780787975319

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Synopsis

Written in an intimate, personal style, Finding Our Way Home draws on powerful insights from psychology, Christian spirituality, and theology to explore the human longing for home, a spiritual place as much as a physical place where we are at peace with ourselves and with God. Mark McMinn considers the different aspects of home as a spiritual metaphor the environment we grew up in as well as the challenges of living well within our present realities. In doing so, he addresses the yearning for a spiritual center, a deeper relationship with God, and peace in our lives.

About this title

About the Author

Mark R. McMinn is the Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College where he also initiated and directs the Center for Church–Psychology Collaboration. He has authored over 100 journal articles and chapters, and seven books, including Why Sin Matters.

From the Back Cover

Praise for Finding Our Way Home

"In some quarters, Christians have a reputation for being deathly afraid of diversity, conflict, humor, sexuality, and most of the other things that help make life worth living. Here is a book to prove it need not be so. Mark McMinn writes honestly, movingly, and well from his rich immersion in life, exploring experiences we can all identify with and finding the dimension of depth hidden in them. He helps us to understand the enlivening and liberating meaning of ′the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.′"
Parker J. Palmer, author of A Hidden Wholeness, Let Your Life Speak and The Courage to Teach

"We are all caught within the confusing and contradictory swirl of emotions like love and hate, hope and despair, remembering and forgetfulness, loathing and longing. Mark McMinn pointedly reveals that what so ruthlessly and lovingly draws them all together is the deep gravitational pull of home."
Michael Card, musician and author, A Fragile Stone and Scribbling in the Sand

"McMinn writes with the ease of a storyteller, the wisdom of an honest pilgrim, and the passion of a true believer in ′wonder ahead.′"
Larry Crabb, founder of New Way Ministries, and author, SoulTalk and The Pressure′s Off

"Finding Our Way Home is an inspiration to anyone who is homesick for a more profound experience of God′s love."
Gary W. Moon, vice president for spiritual development, Psychological Studies Institute, and author, Falling for God

"If you like Henri M. Nouwen you′ll appreciate McMinn′s breathtaking vulnerability, his compassion for people who are hurting, and his pursuit of personal and spiritual integrity."
Sandra D. Wilson, seminary professor, spiritual director, and author, Released from Shame and Into Abba′s Arms

Finding Our Way Home shows how our wandering reflects our aliveness and energy and a sort of holy disappointment that keeps us searching for the noblest parts of human existence. We are like hitchhikers venturing out on a journey in search of something deeper than what we know. In this journey we can seek to reclaim our identity and discover the true self that God created each of us to be.

This journey to find our spiritual home requires courage to stop and reflect on the past, to look back to remember and grieve, to rejoice and wonder, and to make connections between past and present. In this reflection, we reclaim the opportunity to cherish those we choose to love, because there is almost always something worth celebrating and redeeming in even our most challenging relationships. Ultimately there is no greater quest than to find our way home to God′s love.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0787975311
• ISBN 13: 9780787975319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208