Still Point
Loss, Longing, and Our Search for God
by Regis Martin
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Pub Date Oct 18 2012 | Archive Date Nov 25 2012
Description
Franciscan University professor, popular
speaker, and prolific author Regis Martin tells how the deaths of his mother and
brother pushed him to revisit all he knew and felt about God and his own deepest
desires—and how he came to reconcile the theology he teaches with the lived
experience of faith.
Martin narrates the crisis of faith he faced when his mother and brother died. Against this backdrop he explores the questions at the heart of all human longing: What does it mean to really be lost? What if God doesn’t want us after all? What does Christ’s cry from the cross say about human suffering? Why is it never hopeless to hope? Drawing on insights from the work of Christian writers such as C. S. Lewis, Gerard Manley Hopkins, G. K. Chesterton, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Martin leads readers to that “still point”—a term borrowed from T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets—where all polarities converge. Martin eloquently shows that it is at the still point that one encounters the mingling of past and future, grit and grace, man and God.
Martin narrates the crisis of faith he faced when his mother and brother died. Against this backdrop he explores the questions at the heart of all human longing: What does it mean to really be lost? What if God doesn’t want us after all? What does Christ’s cry from the cross say about human suffering? Why is it never hopeless to hope? Drawing on insights from the work of Christian writers such as C. S. Lewis, Gerard Manley Hopkins, G. K. Chesterton, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Martin leads readers to that “still point”—a term borrowed from T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets—where all polarities converge. Martin eloquently shows that it is at the still point that one encounters the mingling of past and future, grit and grace, man and God.
Advance Praise
“Divine truth joined to the practical challenges of human life; that’s what we
all need, and what Martin offers in abundance. Along with profound insights, you
will find encouragement and hope, coming from the God of mercy through the cross
of Christ.”
Scott Hahn
Author of The Lamb’s Supper
“Regis Martin leads the reader to confront some of the great mysteries of our existence, reflecting on life and death, hope and despair. . . . All of this is done in a context of our faith.”
Most Reverend John J. Myers
Archbishop of Newark
“This lovely book shows Martin’s reputation is well deserved as he wrestles with deep human longings and offers us the hope of Christ: ‘O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’”
Rev. Terrence Henry, T.O.R.
President
Franciscan University of Steubenville
“Martin gets to the heart of life’s most urgent questions, forging a link between our ‘desperate desires’ and our ‘homesickness for God’ in this profound and beautiful book.”
Rev. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Editor-in-Chief
Magnificat
Scott Hahn
Author of The Lamb’s Supper
“Regis Martin leads the reader to confront some of the great mysteries of our existence, reflecting on life and death, hope and despair. . . . All of this is done in a context of our faith.”
Most Reverend John J. Myers
Archbishop of Newark
“This lovely book shows Martin’s reputation is well deserved as he wrestles with deep human longings and offers us the hope of Christ: ‘O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’”
Rev. Terrence Henry, T.O.R.
President
Franciscan University of Steubenville
“Martin gets to the heart of life’s most urgent questions, forging a link between our ‘desperate desires’ and our ‘homesickness for God’ in this profound and beautiful book.”
Rev. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Editor-in-Chief
Magnificat
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781594713415 |
| PRICE | $11.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 128 |
