What Jesus Said and Why It Matters Now - Softcover

Timothy D. Fallon

9780867166736: What Jesus Said and Why It Matters Now

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0867166738 ISBN 13: 9780867166736

Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2005

The purpose of this book is to help you personalize the stories in the Gospels. We personalize a Gospel story by entering into its conflict, experiencing its energy and emotion, and letting it absorb us. When we connect with the story at this experiential level, it reveals something of our deepest longings and our ultimate hopes.... Personalizing the stories of the Gospels invites us into the Jesus experience, calls us to a deeper understanding of our identity in God and urges us to live out that identity in our everyday lives. from the Introduction

Flowing out of author Timothy D. Fallon s lifelong spiritual journey, What Jesus Said and Why It Matters Now incorporates insights gained from his experiences in church ministry, the business world and family life as husband, stepparent and grandparent.

Fallon uses a wide range of contemporary examples everything from MAD Magazine and Washington Post articles to Saving Private Ryan and Steve Martin s Shopgirl film to help readers experience how God touches us in our own lives.

With seven Gospel accounts, What Jesus Said and Why It Matters Now demonstrates a method readers can apply to make each story a vital part of their lives. Fallon says three fundamental questions lie at the heart of personalizing the Gospels: What s the experience of this story? How does this story touch me? How does this story call me to live?

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About the Author:

TIMOTHY D. FALLON has served in a variety of ministry positions, including a vicar-level position in spiritual development for the diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan. He combines twenty-five years experience as a management consultant with directing retreats and giving workshops on spirituality. Fallon graduated from Central Michigan University and received his M.A. in theology from the University of San Francisco. He lives in Kalamazoo with his wife of twenty years, Carla.

Review:

"Personalizing the stories of the Gospels invites us into the Jesus experience, calls us to a deeper understanding of our identity in God and urges us to live out that identity in our everyday lives."

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