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Praise For Looking Around for God: The Strangely Reverent Observations of an Unconventional Christian
"I
loved this book! Sweeping aside conventional pieties, Jim Autry's clear insights,
told with wit and poetry, show how we may see traces of the divine shining
through our everyday world."
"Yes,
it's true: I did urge Jim Autry to write this book. For lesser sins the Good
Lord may yet forgive me; this one could be unpardonable."
"We
don't hear the phrase 'Christian gentleman' much these days, but that is
what James Autry is: generous, large-hearted, tolerant, funny, a man who
finds the love of God wherever he can, who pays attention with his heart.
Looking Around for God is a book vivid with life and fulfillments.
Its honesty is deeply moving, and its irreverence is actually a form of
reverence. It's a book that Jesus would have enjoyed."
"In
Looking Around for God Jim Autry exposes a relationship to God that
is direct and personal, that needs neither filter nor formula, a faith that
has learned to take life as it comes and make do. In a few deft strokes,
in one fell swoop, he picks at the most profound presuppositions of belief,
tickles the intellect, pricks the conscience, and kicks us all in the seat
of the pants. Read it-if you have a free and vital faith you'll love it;
if not, you won't even get it but it'll not hurt you."
"As
you read Looking Around For God, you might as well be adding up everyone
you love, or have ever loved. Whatever the figure, it will be the exact amount
of people with whom you will wish to share this extraordinary
gift."
"Jim
Autry has written extensively about business and leadership. In this wonderful
collection of prose and poetry, he writes about the spirit and the church
with such an unorthodox slant, one wonders if he isn't a prophet. The man's
a born poet, maybe even a frustrated preacher. It's a rare gift; an exploration
of how much faith there is in doubt and how much grace there is in
poetry."
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