Aloof: Figuring Out Life with a God Who Hides

Aloof: Figuring Out Life with a God Who Hides

by Tony Kriz
Aloof: Figuring Out Life with a God Who Hides

Aloof: Figuring Out Life with a God Who Hides

by Tony Kriz

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Overview

"God, are you there?" is a near universal cry of the human heart.

We have all longed for God to be tangible. Some might sway to worship music, others go on missions, others fast from food. The universal quest is to feel the divine . . . and yet the divine seems aloof, even shy. In this narrative-driven book, Tony Kriz leads the reader on a journey of “orchestrated epiphanies” along the eternal quest to tangibly encounter God, including the unpredictable moments that give us hope, and even more so, the long gaps between those moments that challenge our faith.

Written in an authentic, conversational style,Aloof is easily accessible to those who don’t know much about the Bible, yet the message is still theologically informed and culturally relevant. This book will help you process how God acts uniquely towards us, depending upon each stage of life. The chapters include contemporary real-life stories that normalize the experience of an often hidden God, while also aiding the reader to acknowledge the very real moments (rare though they may be) when God has shown up in a tangible way.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780849947407
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date: 01/20/2015
Pages: 228
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Tony "The Beat Poet" Kriz has an earned doctorate in spiritual formation. He is a teacher of faith and culture through the mass media, via social media, and at universities, conferences, churches, seminars, and other speaking engagements. He pastors an imbedded community of life-servants in one of Portland's most culturally diverse neighborhoods.Tony and his wife Aimee have three sons.

Table of Contents

Author's Note xiii

Introduction xvii

In the Beginning xxv

Part 1 Children's Stories

1 Ransom 3

2 First Contact 9

3 God Games 17

4 Superhero Serum 27

5 Make Believe 37

Part 2 Into the Dojo

6 A Wolverine, a Donkey, and a Mime 51

7 One Degree of Separation 61

8 Of No Earthly Good? 69

9 The Other Side 79

10 Blessed Are Those Who Mourn 91

11 Walk a Mile 97

Part 3 Into the World

12 Mercenary 105

13 Buccaneer Maps 111

14 Repeater 123

15 Traveling Mercies 131

16 The Call 141

Part 4 Reanimation

17 The M-Word 151

18 Father Time 161

19 Ten Virgins 169

20 Shy 177

21 Buffet Faith 181

22 God Is Black 185

23 That Which Is Common 195

24 Repelled 203

25 The One Behind Everything 207

Conclusion: Beginnings and Endings 217

Scripture References 223

Kickstarter Contributors 224

Acknowledgments 225

About the Author 227

About the Illustrator 228

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