false 1734372 2 Perhaps we are drawn to detective stories because they represent our hunger to solve the ultimate spiritual mysteries of humankind. "After all, if the sleuth can discover the darkest and most guarded and protected stories within the human heart, can that of God's inscrutable will be far behind?" suggests parish minister and author Stephen Kendrick. In this ambitious yet highly successful book, author Kendrick explains how Sherlock Holmes's crime-solving methods of attention and observation can indeed help us solve and understand our own spiritual mysteries.<p> Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer who created Sherlock Holmes, certainly appreciated these parallels. Doyle himself had a strong interest in metaphysical and spiritual studies and inserted many of these references into his stories. Kendrick catches them all--from Holmes's Zen-Buddhist gleanings to the detective's painful bouts of soul-doubting despair. Kendrick also shows how Holmes's five basic detective principles can be applied to spiritual sleuthing: nothing is irrelevant; notice what we see; beware the deceptiveness of the ordinary; the bizarre is not necessarily the mysterious; and never presume anything. With his insightful and engaging writing style, Kendrick will gratify mystery fans and mystics alike. <I>--Gail Hudson</I> 1731858 1999 Holy Clues: The Gospel According to Sherlock Holmes total:8|5:1|4:3|3:3|2:1| 8 28 16 2 3 0 true false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 27 19:37:09 -0700 2008 Tue May 19 18:01:15 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 22 01:40:51 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 18 21:48:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 22:15:27 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 22:15:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun May 10 21:33:20 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 16:00:12 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 21:33:20 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 16 10:39:23 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 10:39:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 10:35:02 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 10:35:02 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 19 10:48:09 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 10:48:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 16 19:58:22 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 19:58:22 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 03 06:03:37 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 06:03:37 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 02 21:26:57 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 18:02:10 -0700 2009 1 0 0 false false Tue Dec 23 08:59:35 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 08:59:37 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Dec 06 17:16:44 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 17:16:44 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon May 05 19:49:53 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 19:49:53 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Apr 13 15:49:20 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 15:49:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 21 12:24:28 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 12:24:28 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Aug 19 07:41:22 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 07:41:22 -0700 2007