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Making Real What I Already Believe
M-26
192 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1991
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John Fischer
18 books6 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
John Fischer has been mixing his unique combination of singing, speaking, and humor for a variety of audiences for over thirty years. His multifaceted talents of song writing, speaking, singing, and writing reflect the many avenues by which John carries on a spiritual dialogue with real life and real people.
John's books present a thought-provoking challenge to the Christian Church today, encouraging believers to pull the true essence of their faith from the trappings of the contemporary Christian subculture. John's debut into fiction, Saint Ben, received a Silver Angel award for fiction.
His other fiction books include Saint Ben, Saint's and Angel's Song, and Ashes on the Wind. Since l980, he has contributed a column to Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) magazine.
A graduate of Wheaton College, John and his family now live in California.
John Fischer has been mixing his unique combination of singing, speaking, and humor for a variety of audiences for over thirty years. His multifaceted talents of song writing, speaking, singing, and writing reflect the many avenues by which John carries on a spiritual dialogue with real life and real people.
John's books present a thought-provoking challenge to the Christian Church today, encouraging believers to pull the true essence of their faith from the trappings of the contemporary Christian subculture. John's debut into fiction, Saint Ben, received a Silver Angel award for fiction.
His other fiction books include Saint Ben, Saint's and Angel's Song, and Ashes on the Wind. Since l980, he has contributed a column to Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) magazine.
A graduate of Wheaton College, John and his family now live in California.
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April 29, 2020
A book about the deconstruction of faith. Before it was "cool" to do this. This was written long before it was the "thing" to do with your inherited faith. And it does not bash 90s youth ministry or "big church" or anything else that we read about this.
This is the deconstruction of faith written back in 1990 about a faith that grew "green" in the 1970s.
This book used to be an annual read for me. It has impacted me so much. After setting it aside for about 5 years and after being inundated with the whiny stories of others deconstructing their faith, I am stretched once again about what real faith looks like.
This is the deconstruction of faith written back in 1990 about a faith that grew "green" in the 1970s.
This book used to be an annual read for me. It has impacted me so much. After setting it aside for about 5 years and after being inundated with the whiny stories of others deconstructing their faith, I am stretched once again about what real faith looks like.
August 8, 2008
Quite good. I was strongly impacted by his metaphor of the maple tree, and still come back to it in discussions with friends.
December 8, 2021
Such a moving book. A walk of faith.
John reflects a transition in his life and ministry and its impact on his own spiritual journey. The book isn't simply a recording of "what" happened, but a work of art in using common every-day images to bring to life the pain and the joy of his transition and its impact on his journey of faith. I didn't want to finish the book because I found myself in the story and didn't want it to be over. When I finished the last sentences today, I thought "John, I want to know what happened next".
This book may not be for everyone. But I loved it and would heartily recommend it to those who are a few years into their journey of faith.
John reflects a transition in his life and ministry and its impact on his own spiritual journey. The book isn't simply a recording of "what" happened, but a work of art in using common every-day images to bring to life the pain and the joy of his transition and its impact on his journey of faith. I didn't want to finish the book because I found myself in the story and didn't want it to be over. When I finished the last sentences today, I thought "John, I want to know what happened next".
This book may not be for everyone. But I loved it and would heartily recommend it to those who are a few years into their journey of faith.
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