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How to begin when your world is ending, a spiritual field guide to joy despite everything, Molly Phinney Baskette

eng

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non fiction

How to begin when your world is ending

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Molly Phinney Baskette

a spiritual field guide to joy despite everything

"Molly Baskette bears witness to the most vulnerable, aching, confusing, and frail moments in people's lives. She has served as a pastor to people convicted of heinous crimes, those living with treatment-resistant depression and PTSD, people suffering from unremitting eating disorders, domestic and sexual abuse survivors, those experiencing pregnancy loss or divorce, people fleeing violence in another country, and those coming out as queer to fundamentalist parents or discerning their true gender. But when she was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer at age thirty-nine, Baskette's understanding of God changed"--Publisher's descriptionBaskette has served as a pastor to people convicted of heinous crimes, those living with treatment-resistant depression and PTSD, people suffering from unremitting eating disorders, domestic and sexual abuse survivors, those coming out as queer to fundamentalist parents-- and many more. When she was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer at age thirty-nine, her theology of and relationship to God were tested. Instead of becoming despondent, she engaged with her faith more deeply, testing the faith she had been practicing. Here she reminds us that whatever you are going through, someone has been there before-- and has found meaning in the madness. -- adapted from jacket

Prologue: There are very few emergencies -- God didn't send the disaster (but she will us it) -- How to mystical -- The superpower of vulnerability -- The body and the blood -- Out of the mouths of babes -- The Holy Spirit portal -- Many are strong at the broken places -- The sin of certainty -- Life is love school -- God doesn't have a plan, but God has a dream -- Random Tuesday death wish -- Losers for Jesus -- On not making every moment count -- How to come back from the dead -- Church on fire -- Dance when you're broken open

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