From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart
Rekindling My Love for Catholicism
by Chris Haw
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Pub Date Oct 08 2012 | Archive Date Dec 13 2012
Description
In From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart: Rekindling My Love for Catholicism the bestselling coauthor of Jesus for President,
Chris Haw, chronicles his spiritual journey through evangelical
Christianity and his return to Catholicism. Haw provides a respectful
and engaging look at the megachurch movement and a heartfelt expression
of love for the Catholic Church’s liturgy and its commitment to the
poor.
In the spirit of Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain and Dorothy Day’s The Long Loneliness, Chris Haw’s From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart
recounts the journey of a young Christian seeking a personal
relationship with Christ within the context of a faith community
committed to love, justice, and solidarity with the poor. Haw’s journey
spans contemporary American Christianity—from a nominal Catholic
background to megachurch Evangelicalism, to a new monastic community,
and then back to Catholicism after an intense spiritual experience on
Good Friday.
Haw’s story and style will appeal to Catholics who champion the Church’s social teachings, those drawn to monastic practices and living in intentional community, and those seeking solidarity with the poor and marginalized.
Advance Praise
“Sometimes you hear someone share their story and you get the sense that they are pioneers, scouts, groundbreakers . . . blazing a trail that a lot of people will hike on after they are long gone. Chris Haw is one of those trailblazers.”
Shane Claiborne
Author of The Irresistible Revolution
“Offers today’s readers unique gifts . . . Chris feels the peculiar challenges of the present moment.”
Brian McLaren
Author of Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?
“An ideal example of ‘non-dual thinking,’ the contemplative mind that can see ‘beyond the shadow and the disguise’ of things.”
Richard Rohr, O.F.M.
Author of Falling Upward
“Only rarely, if ever, have I seen a more persuasive or compelling apologia than the one Haw makes.”
Phyllis Tickle
Author of The Great Emergence
“An important addendum to the story of twenty-first-century American Christianity—not only because Haw’s journey is representative, but because he has engaged the questions that come up along the way so well.”
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Author of The Wisdom of Stability
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781594712920 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
