Book in Progress: When Faith Doesn't Work

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1552c963.jpg"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="158" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#660000 HEIGHT= 71 WIDTH="146"><div> <A HREF="wf.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Waco Partnership for Psychological and S"><U>Waco Partnership for Psychological and Spiritual Care (WPPSC)</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="mailto:wmeades@gmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:wmeades@gmail.com"><U><IMG SRC="6799c150.png" border=0 width="156" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practical 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you to join the Practical Spirituality Google Group.  By joining this group you'll then automatically get an email whenever I update the blog.</div> <bR> <div> My goal is to be helpful to folks struggling with issues faith, spirituality, and religion.  Your comments on the various essays will help me with this goal.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> I've been determined to write this book for, oh... say... 10 years now.  I've been compiling ideas and writing bits and pieces of essays.  I've also been finding one diversion and distraction after another.</div> <bR> <div> My "Practical Spirituality Newsletter" has become my vehicle for forcing me to get at least one essay in shape per month.  These essays will appear on this site as<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > they go out in the Newsletter.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> The goal of these essays is to reach the following three audiences:</div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">regular folks</B></I> who find that their faith and religon have been pushed to the side because spiritual things don't seem very relevant to their lives.</div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">therapists</B></I> who've never had much formal training in how faith and religion can shape a person and how to respond to religious dilemmas.</div> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">ministers</B></I> who struggle to find fresh ways to communicate ancient and wise perspectives on how to live a life that matters.</div> <div> I hope these essays can be of some help to you as well.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="7be31440.png" border=0 width="49" height="68" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>