Awakening the Soul: A Book of Daily Devotions

AWAKENING THE SOUL by John C. Morgan AWAKENING THE SOUL is a wonderful "download" from a seasoned minister's soul --- a cornucopia of thought-provoking, spiritual readings from a variety of sources, seasoned with the hopeful message of Christian Universalism. John C. Morgan is a Christian Universalist minister with sixteen years of pastoral experience in the theologically diverse Unitarian Universalist denomination. Although structured as daily devotionals, this book provides a treasure-trove of material appropriate for Christian or interfaith ministers and lay leaders to use during group worship. This is the stuff that "Orders of Service" are made of! Liberal Christians will be especially delighted with the classic quotations and stories from prominent Universalists, including John Murray and George De Benneville. One example is this from Olympia Brown (the first woman in the United States to be ordained by a denomination): "The foundation of democracy is the realization that every human being is a child of God..., always trusting in the one God which ever lives and loves." The overall tone of the book is best described by John Morgan himself at the end of the Preface: "In the end, it won't matter how much you have, but rather how much you have given. It won't matter how much you know, but rather how much you love. And it won't matter how much you profess to believe, but rather how deeply you live the few enduring truths you claim as ultimate. All the rest is discipline."