A Wakeful Faith: Spiritual Practice in the Real World

by J. Marshall Jenkins

Book Overview

In the harried, expect-the-unexpected flow of everyday life, faith seems far away for many people. Your car breaks down. The bills are due. The kids need school supplies. The business report remains unwritten.

In A Wakeful Faith, Jenkins asserts that living awake to God in all of our daily affairs is the answer. Only when we become consciously aware of God's gracious activity in the details of the day can we transform and find purpose in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835809129
• ISBN13: 9780835809122
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Upper Room Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

eye opening

This is an amazing, eye-opening book. I have the pleasure of knowing J. Marshall Jenkins in real life, and he practices what he preaches. This book encourages the reader to seek God in all areas of our lives.

Weekday Spirituality

A Wakeful Faith offers a fascinating approach to the daily practices of Christian spirituality. J. Marshall Jenkins makes the salient point that spiritual practices seem right and easy and appropriate on a Sunday, but much less so on a work day or a day in which we face all the stresses of life. He describes that typical weekday and points to ways in which spiritual practices undergird all that may happen. Jenkins is well aware of biblical stories and uses these throughout the book. He is also a psychologist who uses psychological insights to serve the larger purposes of Christian spiritual practice. And he has a nice sense of humor. A good read!