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Broken Buddha
"Broken Buddha" is the sixth book of stories by Meg Barnhouse. Meg Barnhouse is a Unitarian Universalist minister and singer-songwriter who writes about life with edgy humor and infectious hopefulness. Pick up this book and open it anywhere. Odds are good you’ll find a thought you’ve always felt you might be the only one thinking. She is to-the-bone honest and at the same time affectionate towards our human quirks and confusions. People have their own way of reading Barnhouse’s stories. Some devour the book and then give copies to their friends. Some people read these stories to each other in the car, Others read one story a night to end the day feeling right. What might you do?
190 pages, Paperback
First published June 4, 2011
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November 20, 2011
Great collection of essays and stories from my minister.
Definitely worth checking out. Thought provoking.
Wrote this part a few weeks ago:
Just came from hearing Meg do a bookreading and discussion at austin's bookpeople store. Meg is my UU minister
wrote this about it elsewhere on facebook:I plan to end my day by attending this talk by Meg Barnhouse - I've heard my church's new minister does great sermons. I haven't been able to see them because of my job schedule so I'll take the opportunity to hear her at this instead. http://www.bookpeople.com/event/meg-b...
She did a great reading and the book seems great so I picked up a copy.
It was great seeing and sitting with about 50 people from church. I can't wait to get a full time job (and believe me i've been hunting for one for a year) that will let me return to coming to church regularly especially now that we have such a strong eloquent minister.
Definitely worth checking out. Thought provoking.
Wrote this part a few weeks ago:
Just came from hearing Meg do a bookreading and discussion at austin's bookpeople store. Meg is my UU minister
wrote this about it elsewhere on facebook:I plan to end my day by attending this talk by Meg Barnhouse - I've heard my church's new minister does great sermons. I haven't been able to see them because of my job schedule so I'll take the opportunity to hear her at this instead. http://www.bookpeople.com/event/meg-b...
She did a great reading and the book seems great so I picked up a copy.
It was great seeing and sitting with about 50 people from church. I can't wait to get a full time job (and believe me i've been hunting for one for a year) that will let me return to coming to church regularly especially now that we have such a strong eloquent minister.
July 29, 2011
Many people start out on a spiritual path seeking wholeness and inner peace. And why not? Turmoil, suffering, and hardship are often catalysts that drive us to seek answers to life's deeper questions. The problem is that many people approach religion as way to escape the reality of suffering, instead of a way of transcending it. We want our pain to end. We don't want to have to struggle any more.
The title story in Meg Barnhouse's new book addresses this issue head-on. Read more
The title story in Meg Barnhouse's new book addresses this issue head-on. Read more
February 13, 2014
Sharing stories and meditations that invite us to wrestle the difficult in our lives and draw more meaning from that wrestling than things are tough and stinky, Barnhouse does not turn away from the painful and imperfect and asks us not to do so, either. Unitarian Universalist.
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