Training for the Marathon of Life: Choosing Jesus as Our Life Coach

by Peter Watson Jenkins

This dynamic book explores the key teaching of Jesus using 50 sayings chosen for their high level of authenticity by the Jesus Seminar, a Bible think tank. Jesus has a grass roots approach in his teaching about the Kingdom, as Jesus’ parables show. If we want to belong to the good society that he claims is already in existence, we have to adopt the right attitudes and demonstrate the right personal qualities. There is coherence in the gospel texts that most people have not fully discovered. This is Jesus’ training course to help us run the Marathon of our life successfully.
In the second part of the book, Jesus’ teaching is compared with other utopias, and his way is shown, with examples, to be a practical and powerful blueprint for us to adopt in our own lives. This book is much more than a study of the teaching of Jesus: it is a handbook for personal success in making his teaching our own.

148 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005

About the author

Some people like to write about one important idea or tell stories that are of a well-known type, romantic novels are one example. My life has been very varied and I have chosen to write in a variety of ways. Some examples are: my recent collection of short stories, "Found Money," in which I set out to explore the idea of wealth coming to people in totally different ways. Then a Young Adult book "Saved by a Tweet" that is about teenage romance and a thrilling and dangerous episode the two lovers go through. One of my best books is "How I died, and what I did next." Before 2013 is out I will have added a book on spirit guides and what they have to tell us; "Fine Writing" a book of poetry and prose; "Spiritual Walkabout," my memoirs; and a sci-fi novel. They have not all been written in the past few months, of course, but happen to be coming out in a burst of activity. My favorite book took the longest to research and write. It is called "Training for the Marathon of Life" and is about the central core of Jesus’ teaching and how he explained the way that leads us for a fulfilled life and the creation of a good society