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We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation Audiobook
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From critically acclaimed author Brian McLaren comes a brilliant retelling of the biblical story and a thrilling reintroduction to Christian faith.
This book offers everything you need to explore what a difference an honest, living, growing faith can make in our world today. It also puts tools in your hands to create a life-changing learning community in any home, restaurant, or other welcoming space.
The fifty-two (plus a few) weekly readings can each be read aloud in 10 to 12 minutes and offer a simple curriculum of insightful reflections and transformative practices. Organized around the traditional church year, these readings give an overview of the whole Bible and guide an individual or a group of friends through a year of rich study, interactive learning, and personal growth.
Perfect for home churches, congregations, classes, or individual study, each reading invites you to
- Cultivate an honest, intelligent understanding of the Bible and of Christian faith in 21st century
- Engage with discussion questions designed to challenge, stimulate, and encourage
- Reimagine what it means to live joyfully and responsibly in today's world as agents of God's justice, creativity, and peace
If you're seeking a fresh way to experience and practice your faith, if you're a long-term Christian seeking new vitality, or if you feel out of place in traditional church circles, this book will inspire and activate you in your spiritual journey.
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"A renewed and renewing vision of Christianity that will challenge every reader to go deeper into its core Truth and find radical urgency to befriend all God's children...If you are not afraid of having your viewpoint, identity, and complacency challenged - read this, for Love itself is to be found here!"
— Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, The Episcopal Church
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“This is one of the most remarkable documents in recent Christian writings…There is no evangelizing here, and no preaching, only a sinewy, but orderly and open, presentation of the faith that holds. The result is as startling as it is beautiful.”
— Phyllis Tickle, author of The Age of the Spirit -
“A ton of people have been waiting for this book-they just didn't know it! Brian has given us a clear and compelling guide to walking the Jesus path together, around the table, in the living room, discussing and learning and growing. This book is going to help so many people.”
— Rob Bell, author of What We Talk about When We Talk about God -
“It is at once inspiring and challenging, ancient and contemporary, intellectually rigorous and profoundly practical. It changed the way I engage scripture, the way I pray, the way I experience communion, and the way I interact with my neighbors.”
— Rachel Held Evans, author of A Year of Biblical Womanhood -
Provocative...Even those who don't agree will be bettered by engaging its ideas.
— Relevant Magazine -
...Important and extraordinarily timely...a soothing balm for the searing pain of our times.
— Huffington Post -
...An essential life lesson about loving our neighbors and tolerating their differences...For Christians on the fence about whether to accept others and their faiths or to insist that only Christianity can adequately serve, this book provides important insights.
— Booklist Online -
[Brian McLaren] actually believes that Jesus and his followers can change the world. This book is no exception-he starts with a joke but quickly you realize just how serious he is about doing what Jesus teaches us to do. Helpful, timely, and really, really inspiring.
— Rob Bell, author, Love Wins
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About Brian D. McLaren
Brian D. McLaren is the author of fifteen books. A former college English teacher and former pastor for twenty-four years, he is an author, activist, public theologian, and frequent guest lecturer for gatherings in the United States and internationally. His work has been covered in Time magazine, and many other media outlets. He is a faculty member of the Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation.