Description After twenty years, Stephen Faller shares his journey into seminary and ordained ministry.
In this wonderful book Stephen.
He is someone who understands that theology is deep, complex, and mysterious, but first and foremost it is something that is lived and that points towards that which we live for.
John\'s College, Annapolis, and author of The Logos of Heraclitus "Stephen Faller is a theologian of life.
It\'s an instructive as well as moving piece of literature." --Eva Brann, Dean Emerita and Senior Faculty, St.
So too is his wrestling with his Christian vocation.
Although he is very well-read in both popular and weighty literature, his philosophizing is of the \'do it yourself\' sort, which means it\'s the real thing.
It is also an account of the author\'s spiritual and philosophical experiences.
It is an acutely observed, unsentimental account of life in a wheelchair, so engaging as to make an almost insider of the reader. "This really interesting book lives up to its title, which is a reminiscence of Pirsig\'s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
His is an embodied text that speaks to a multicultural society, even if that body carries brokenness and even if that society is divided.
Just as Faller\'s own narrative is contextualized by disability, this personal work is contextualized in our polarized and politicized culture, as it considers the meaning of ministry for a contemporary time.
This is an intimate text that seeks to integrate mind, body, and spirit that situates itself more beyond the margins than as marginalized.
Through narrative and dialogue, Faller engages philosophers and theologians alike.
While particular in its own right, this story will speak to anyone in college or graduate school studying one of the many disciplines hoping to make the world a better place.
This book reveals the story of how someone with a lifelong disability, cerebral palsy, might find his way into ministry as a hospital chaplain; there is a certain irony in that.
Description After twenty years, Stephen Faller shares his journey into seminary and ordained ministry
