{"product_id":"faith-and-you-volume-1-essays-on-faith-in-everyday-life-9781598510508","title":"Faith and You Volume 1: Essays on Faith in Everyday Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sometimes I wish my minister would read his column instead of the sermon \" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's the kind of response Plain Dealer columnist Terry Pluto draws from devoted readers of his faith column. Although best known as an award-winning sportswriter, Pluto has also earned a reputation--and a growing audience--for his down-to-earth musings on more spiritual subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis followup to his first collection, \"Everyday Faith,\" offers 28 all-new thoughtful essays on faith in everyday life--practical topics such as choosing a church, lending money to friends, dealing with jerks, sharing your faith, visiting the sick, even planning a funeral. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it's because Pluto doesn't claim to have the answers that so many readers are drawn to his writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Real faith writing should be about real life,\" Pluto says. \"I write as much about my failures as my triumphs, because that is what a life of faith is about. It's often as much suffering as celebration, with lots of mundane, everyday stuff in between. I write for people who may have been hurt by someone in church, people who have been discouraged by one who claimed to speak for God ... I write for people who have found contentment in their faith but want a deeper relationship with God.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gray \u0026amp; Company Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598510508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Terry Pluto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917301747893,"sku":"9781598510508","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5eb9c6dc-da81-4296-ae74-f771afb4afc1.jpg?v=1687281945","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/faith-and-you-volume-1-essays-on-faith-in-everyday-life-9781598510508","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}