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Chris Anderson is professor of English at Oregon State University, a retreat leader, an author, blogger, and a Catholic deacon. An award-winning writer and teacher, he explores the struggle, joy, and doubt of contemporary spirituality through personal story & literary collage. He is the author of 14 previous books, including poetry and nonfiction, and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. When not behind the writing desk, teaching podium, or altar, Chris is walking in the woods of McDonald Forest in Corvallis, Oregon. Visit his blog “The Imperfect Catholic” at www.deaconchrisanderson.com. ...more

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That’s It

The key as always is to face the sadness. The silence. The emptiness.

The key as always is to seek only the presence of God knowing that you can’t seek it. You can’t achieve it. It’s only given.

You set aside everything, you give everything up, only to realize you don’t have to. You sit in a chair and hear nothing but your own voice, and that’s it: the mystery.

Sometimes yo

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	Light When it Comes: Trusting Joy, Facing Darkness, and Seeing God in Everything 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Next Thing Always Belongs 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Forest of Voices: Conversations in Ecology by Chris Anderson (Goodreads Author), Lex Runciman 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Open Questions: Readings for Critical Thinking and Writing by Chris Anderson (Goodreads Author), Lex Runciman, Wayne C. Anderson 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Style: A Direct Approach to Writing 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edge Effects: Notes from an Oregon Forest 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teaching as Believing: Faith in the University 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Problem with the Truth 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tyrannies of Virtue: The Cultural Criticism of John P. Sisk 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Style as Argument: Contemporary American Nonfiction liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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