Spiritual Essays

In Time to Stand Up Bill Hull takes no prisoners. He makes fun of everyone from Don Henley and Jordan Peterson to philosopher Hannah Arendt and playwright David Mamet. Both the living and dead are targets for his satire, even G.K. Chesterton doesn’t escape. Just about the time you begin to laugh, he delves into the mind of Elon Musk and the fact that Musk wouldn’t mind being saved from his sins. Then Hull confesses to his own anxieties, faults, and fears. He points out that he has committed all the seven deadly sins and by the way, so have you. Bill possesses inside knowledge of pride, ...

A child peeling an orange on the subway. A bearded man with gentle eyes holding a tin cup on the corner. When we see life through the lens of faith, everyday moments become a source of hope and strength. In this collection of essays, chaplain Andrea Raynor reveals the unexpected places she has experienced the Divine and shows us how we, too, might come to see life as a spiritual adventure - one on which we are never truly alone.

We live within a great paradox. While we work hard to control the circumstances and issues of our lives there are many things which are dictated by realities. These things are not insignificant in their power to impact our peace of mind and our contentment about where we have come, who we are, and where we feel we are headed. We will consider some of these as these essays and stories unfold. More often than not, life has delivered us some kind of turbulence - even chaos. Imperfection resides everywhere, and pain and uncertainty surrounds us.

Can you see God? You don't have to be a mystic to see God's presence in your life. Prayer, community, silence, and the ordinary can be opportunities to see God. This book's series of personal essays explores how we can see God in our everyday lives, from the miraculous to the mundane and even the suffering.