The Gospel of Falling Down The Beauty Of Failure In An Age Of Success,9781846940095

The Gospel of Falling Down The Beauty Of Failure In An Age Of Success

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ISBN13: 9781846940095
ISBN10: 1846940095
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-01-12
Publisher(s): Circle Books
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Summary

We hear a lot about the gospel of success, whether from Christian or New Age sources. But most of us are more accustomed to failure, or at least not reaching our hopes. Which, surely, is at the heart of the life of Jesus and his message. This book is a radical departure from much of what modern day Christianity (and gurus of all kinds) seem to offer. Rather than seeing Christianity as a group of people trying to change themselves into the ideal, it describes how such a practice is precisely what Jesus came to liberate us from.

Author Biography

Mark Townend is a both Priest of the Church of England and member of the Magic Circle

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vi
Acknowledgementsp. vii
Forewordp. viii
Introduction: The Egg of Goldp. 1
Looking Without Seeingp. 5
The Broken Threadp. 19
My Story of Falling Downp. 28
The 'Two Voices'p. 33
Obsessed with Success!p. 43
Our Dreadful Quest for Perfectionp. 53
The Lost Son(s)p. 58
The Treasure and the Clayp. 71
The Rock at the Bottomp. 79
Staying with the Treasurep. 88
Visiting the Treasurep. 95
The Breaking of Jesusp. 100
Conclusionp. 104
A letter from 'Me' to 'Me'p. 106
An Epistle to Myselfp. 109
21st-century Canap. 114
A Liturgy of Unconditional Lovep. 120
Notesp. 127
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