M. Craig Barnes

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M. Craig Barnes



Average rating: 4.32 · 1,205 ratings · 181 reviews · 24 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Pastor as Minor Poet: T...

4.29 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions
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When God Interrupts: Findin...

4.41 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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Diary of a Pastor's Soul: T...

4.57 avg rating — 168 ratings3 editions
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Body & Soul: Reclaiming the...

4.12 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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Searching for Home: Spiritu...

4.05 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions
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Yearning: Living Between Ho...

4.30 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions
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Hustling God

4.30 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions
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Sacred Thirst

4.40 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions
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An Extravagant Mercy: Refle...

4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions
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Body & Soul Kit: Reclaiming...

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“But the bridge that crosses the great gulf runs from God to us, never from us to God. We do not travel through the cross to find God; instead, God has traveled through the cross to find us. The significance of this distinction is great.”
M. Craig Barnes, Yearning: Living Between How It Is and How It Ought to Be

“Conversion is the lifelong process of turning away from our plans and turning toward God's maddening, disruptive, creativity.”
M. Craig Barnes, When God Interrupts: Finding New Life Through Unwanted Change

“Frequently I will end a service of worship in our congregation by saying something like, "Every day this week you have to decide if you want to achieve your life or receive it. If you make achieving your goal, your constant companion will be complaint, because you will never achieve enough. If you make receiving the goal, your constant companion will be gratitude for all that God is achieving in your life." I'm not certain that there are such things as measures of our spirituality, but if there are, then gratitude is probably the best one. It indicates that we are paying attention.”
M. Craig Barnes, The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life (The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies



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