Training for the Marathon of Life - Hardcover

Jenkins, Peter Watson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498247768 ISBN 13: 9781498247764

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2005

Synopsis

About the Contributor(s): The Rev. Peter Watson Jenkins, the son of a Methodist minister, was raised in Bath, England. After training as a school teacher and then doing hospital work as a conscientious objector, he attended Cambridge University to read theology and to train for the Congregational ministry. He was ordained in 1963 and served six parishes in Britain and America. From 1966-69 he was minister in charge of the pacifist (British) Fellowship of Reconciliation. He was active in community relations, broadcast ministry, and high school religious education. Now retired, Peter works as a clinical hypnotherapist and writer. He is married to Sonia Ness who is a musician and fellow hypnotist. He has two children, one stepchild, and three grandchildren. The couple live in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

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From the Author

This book is a call to action.  We do not have to be a professing Christians to follow the ideas in the teaching of Jesus. That is why I have used the most accurate  and reliable texts of Jesus' words to be carefully examined by you as you read this book. If you are willing to search for the meaning of each of his 50 sayings, you will gain a very clear idea of why Jesus is still regarded as one of foremost teachers the world has ever known. His words are very simple and very deep.
Many of us feel a little alone in puzzling out what sort of person to be. This study answers our basic questions. If we get his ideas clear in our head we will never lack the essential knowledge of how our life is to be lived. This book is not for people who won't take the trouble to care for themselves. We spend a great deal of time and effort exercising, eating right, getting the right training for a job, and for many different social skills. This book demands that you spend time on the most important skill of all: the skill of living. If you make the effort now, and at your own pace, you will develop as the person  you always wanted to be. I hope you enjoy and benefit from what has been written, and will run the Marathon race of life with great success.

About the Author

Peter Watson Jenkins, the son of a Methodist minister, was raised in Bath, England. After training to be a school teacher, he did National Service in a London hospital and, later trained for the Congregational ministry and read theology at Cambridge University. In 1963 he was ordained to minister in a parish in the North of England. In the course of 21 years he served six parishes in England and the USA. From 1966-9 he was minister in charge of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a pacifist movement. He was active in community relations, broadcast ministry, and high school religious education. He became a Unitarian in 1959 and is now involved in his retirement in promoting the concept of reincarnation. He is married to Sonia Ness who is a musician and editor. He has two children and three grandchildren. The couple live in Elk Griove Village, Illinois, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1498247768
• ISBN 13: 9781498247764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 146