A Cracker Gal Finds Religion

If You Are Interested In Religion Or In Enriching Your Own Religion Or In Searching For A Religion That Suits You You Will Enjoy This Book. It Is The Story Of The Author'S Religious Journey In Stories Poems And Sermons. Early In Life Her Father Took Her Brother The Oldest Sibling To One Church And She And Her Two Older Sisters Went With Their Mother To Another Church. But She Recalls That Her First Significant Religious Experience Happened At Home When She Was Alone. The Author'S Spiritual Growth Began In This Religiously Divided Family. She Found Her Way Slowly And Questioning To A Different Religion And To Her Own Theology. The Fruits Of Her Journey Are Basically What The Book Is About - Poems And Sermons. The Poems Chronicle The Changes That Occur In Her Life Through This Questioning: The Meaning Of Life Relationships Love Nature The Seasons And Holidays. Writing And Delivering Sermons Involve The Head And The Heart Knowledge And Intuition Sensitivity And Frankness. These Sermons Demonstrate The Author'S Commitment To A Religion That Fits Her Science Not A Separation Between The Two. The Sermons Are About How To Live In This World With All Of Its Complexities While Understanding That Not Only Do Religions Differ Widely But So Do Individual Theologies Convictions And Personalities. The Goal Of The Sermons Is To Help Us All Make This World A Better Place To Live By Respecting The Worth And Dignity Of Every Person With Justice Equity And Compassion; Engaging In An Ongoing Search For Truth And Meaning; Exercising Our Conscience And The Democratic Process; And Acknowledging The Interdependent Web Of All Existence.