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    Light When It Comes: Trusting Joy, Facing Darkness, and Seeing God in Everything
    Light When It Comes: Trusting Joy, Facing Darkness, and Seeing God in Everything
    Light When It Comes: Trusting Joy, Facing Darkness, and Seeing God in Everything
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    Light When It Comes: Trusting Joy, Facing Darkness, and Seeing God in Everything

    By Chris Anderson

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    On finding joy and spiritual meaning in life's small moments

    We all have moments of joy, moments that move us somehow, spiritual moments that we can't quite put a finger on. But then we rush on and soon forget. In this book Chris Anderson encourages us to remember and share such moments. What he writes will inspire readers who are hurting, doubting, or searching to find wisdom and meaning in their lives.

    Drawing on an ancient prayer tradition, the examen of conscience, Anderson spurs readers to take stock of their own experiences. He shows how the examen can serve as a simple but powerful way to remember moments of light, of struggle, of joy. And however small or fleeting these moments are, through them God is always calling and meeting us.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEerdmans
    Release dateDec 12, 2016
    ISBN9781467445948
    Light When It Comes: Trusting Joy, Facing Darkness, and Seeing God in Everything
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    Chris Anderson

    CHRIS ANDERSON is the curator of TED. Trained as a journalist after graduating from Oxford University, Anderson launched a number of successful magazines before turning his attention to TED, which he and his nonprofit acquired in 2001. His TED mantra—“ideas worth spreading”—continues to blossom on an international scale. He lives with his family in New York City.

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