When God Disappeared...and Where God Turned Up: A Spiritual Growth Book

By Wayland Bryant Jackson

If your religion isn't as lively as you would like, with fixed ideas and little breathing room, you might have something in common with Jackson, who began to doubt some of his long-held beliefs. Learning the value of asking questions, Jackson awakened to a new understanding of faith, chronicling discoveries

• Language: English
• Publisher: Palmetto Publishing
• Release date: Dec 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781649704917

Wayland Bryant Jackson

Wayland Bryant Jackson is a family historian, an essayist, a storyteller, and a poet. With degrees from Oklahoma Baptist University and Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in California, he worked as an ordained minister in Southern Baptist churches in CA for eleven years. Changing careers, he completed a teacher credential program at California State University, Fresno, and taught public school in Fresno for 21 years. His letters to the Editor are often featured in the Fresno Bee, and his memoir, WHEN GOD DISAPPEARED...and Where God Turned Up, is his fourth book. He can be reached at: www.waylandjackson.com

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