Table of Contents
Preface vii
Meditations
1 Seeing Death 1
2 Sinning Business 4
3 Do Over 7
4 Forgive Us Our Sins … 10
5 … As We Forgive Those Who Sin Against Us 13
6 … As We Forgive Ourselves 16
7 The Burnt-Over Place 18
8 The Waiting Game 20
9 Being Sure of What We Do Not See 23
10 A Time for Everything 26
11 Time Will Tell 29
12 Taste and See 33
13 Look at the Birds 36
14 Pure Religion 39
15 God's Tattoo 42
16 Abundant Life 45
17 Reality Check 48
18 Serving Marvelously 51
19 The One Who's Got Your Back 54
20 Who Is on Your Throne? 57
21 One Worth Worshipping 61
22 Help! 64
23 Ouch 67
24 Yea, Thou Art with Me 70
25 Trusting the Engineer 74
26 Law and Grace 78
27 Be Holy 82
28 Bearing Fruit 85
29 Living Sacrifices 88
30 Godsequence 92
31 Unforbidden Fruit 96
32 Tilling the Soil 100
33 To Pray 103
34 God-Breathed 107
35 In Holy Splendor 111
36 Let the Service Begin 114
37 Serious Business 118
38 Whom Will You Serve? 121
39 Blessed Is the King 124
40 Dealing with the Cover-Up 127
41 The Black Bean 131
42 Doubt-Proof 134
43 Something New 139
44 The Two Sides of the Cross 143
45 Save Us 146
46 The Way … Out 150
Afterword 155
Acknowledgments 161
Scriptural Index 165
Index of Authors Cited 167
