When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough

Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church

By Lillian Daniel (Electronic Book, 2013)

People find it comfortable and convenient to create their own version of God--but can they really face the God who created them?

The phrase "I'm spiritual but not religious" has become a cliché. How are open-minded "religious people" supposed to react to this hazy--and often lazy--statement of faith?

Lillian Daniel responds by telling stories of people looking for God in the midst of everyday life, affirming that religion can be weird, wonderful--and well worth trying. While so-called spiritual life keeps people self-focused and vague, religious people have something that "spiritual" people do not: centuries of careful religious thought, ongoing meaningful debate, and, most important, a supportive community that challenges and strengthens their faith.

Humorous and sincere, this is a book about people finding God in the most unexpected, unspiritual places: prisons, airports, yoga classes, committee meetings, and strangest of all, right there in their local church.

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- Format: Electronic Book
- Price: $9.99 US/$9.99 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9781455523108
- On Sale Date: 01/15/2013
- Publisher: FaithWords
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Lillian Daniel has served as the Senior Minister of the First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn, United Church of Christ, in the Chicago area since 2004. A regular contributor to the Huffington Post, she is an editor at large for Christian Century Magazine, a contributing editor at Leadership Journal, and hosted the Chicago-based television show 30 Good Minutes. Her Huffington Post article "Spiritual but Not Religious? Please Stop Boring Me" gained widespread interfaith attention after going viral on the Web. She is the author of two previous books: Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony, and This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers.

A frequent speaker around the country, Lillian has preached at the National Cathedral, Duke Chapel and the Festival of Homiletics She has taught preaching at Yale Divinity School, Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago Divinity School and has delivered preaching lectures at King's College, London and Queen's College, Ontario. Most recently, she is one of seven diverse leading Christian voices who collaborated to create Animate, a captivating adult dvd course designed to spark new conversations in faith.

Praise for WHEN "SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS" IS NOT ENOUGH:

"This is the wonderful, essential Lillian Daniel at her best-earthy, perceptive, devout, tough-minded, angry and laugh-out-loud funny, all in one. Daniel's easygoing style is just right for revealing her great gift of finding God in the everyday. Sometimes she is biting. Sometimes she is tender and often what she says is stunningly beautiful."
Praise for WHEN "SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS" IS NOT ENOUGH:

"This is the wonderful, essential Lillian Daniel at her best-earthy, perceptive, devout, tough-minded, angry and laugh-out-loud funny, all in one. Daniel's easygoing style is just right for revealing her great gift of finding God in the everyday. Sometimes she is biting. Sometimes she is tender and often what she says is stunningly beautiful."