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Jim Palmer

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Jim Palmer has spent three decades asking what happens when the answers we inherit can no longer carry the lives we are living.

A former evangelical megachurch pastor, Jim became a pioneering voice in religious deconstruction and reconstruction. His work now reaches beyond religion to a larger human question: how do we stay in honest contact with ourselves, one another, and the reality of being alive?

Jim is the founder of the Center for Non-Religious Spirituality and the founder and president of the Institute for Existential Health. Through his books, essays, teaching, and practitioner training, he is helping establish existential health as a field of study and practice concerned with meaning, identity, mortality, belonging, and self-trust.

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Inner Anarchy: Dethroning G...

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Notes from (over) the Edge:...

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The Pocket Book of Prayers

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The Evolution of God

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“Being Jesus means that we go through life embracing it all fully and feeling it all deeply. That we don’t hide and try to protect ourselves. That we live. That we show up. That we laugh. That we cry. That we hurt. That we heal. That we care. That we love. And then, that we wake up the next morning and sign up for it all over again.”
― Jim Palmer, Being Jesus in Nashville: Finding the Courage to Live Your Life

“One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions.”
― Jim Palmer, Wide Open Spaces: Beyond Paint-by-Number Christianity

“Perhaps everyone finds him or herself a time or two sifting through the rubble and ruins of a devastated life, wondering whether or not it's worth rebuilding or even salvageable.”
― Jim Palmer, Divine Nobodies: Shedding Religion to Find God

“One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions.”
― Jim Palmer, Wide Open Spaces: Beyond Paint-by-Number Christianity

“Being Jesus means that we go through life embracing it all fully and feeling it all deeply. That we don’t hide and try to protect ourselves. That we live. That we show up. That we laugh. That we cry. That we hurt. That we heal. That we care. That we love. And then, that we wake up the next morning and sign up for it all over again.”
― Jim Palmer, Being Jesus in Nashville: Finding the Courage to Live Your Life

“The chatterer reveals every corner of his shallow mind.”
― Mike Bell

“There is no such thing as a good call at 7 AM. It's been my experience that all calls between the hours of 11 PM and 9 AM are disaster calls.”
― Janet Evanovich

“She says you're not awake until you're actually out of bed and standing up.”
― Richelle Mead, Blood Promise

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Bob Ingle Jim Palmer is a leading voice in the evolution of "God Thought" in our culture today. His writings are not "Theology", they are "God Realized Lifeology". His impact on our lives is immeasurable. Bob & Flo Ingle, founders, www.unheardwordz.com


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Jim Palmer Melissa wrote: "I just heard back from Goodreads about how to quote you from the Quotes page. They said you have to type your name with 3 spaces in between the first and last name to access your books, as that is ..."

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Sticky Note Book Recs Melissa I just heard back from Goodreads about how to quote you from the Quotes page. They said you have to type your name with 3 spaces in between the first and last name to access your books, as that is how the database differentiates between you and the other Jim Palmer. I just tried it, and it worked! Your books show up in the drop-down menu when I type your name in that way. Yay!


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