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Too Small to Understand Why: A Memoir of Caring for Rabbits, Turtles, Hamsters... and Faith
I attended Dallas Theological Seminary for nearly six years, pursuing a Ph.D. However, I never met my goal. My path from nineteen-year-old college valedictorian to Ph.D. candidate to high school teacher to youth pastor was plagued with confusion, frustration, and bouts of depression. Academic and financial stress narrowed my perspective. But the simple process of caring for small animals revealed how my faith needed to grow. If they trusted me in several different ways, then I should realize how little control I have over my circumstances.
I still wish that I had all the answers, but for now, the best that I can offer is my story. Too Small to Understand Why allows readers to walk a few steps in my shoes for the past ten years, where they can both experience the journey and glean from what I have learned along the way.
I still wish that I had all the answers, but for now, the best that I can offer is my story. Too Small to Understand Why allows readers to walk a few steps in my shoes for the past ten years, where they can both experience the journey and glean from what I have learned along the way.
143 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 8, 2019
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March 2, 2020
As a pastor, the toughest questions that I deal with are about suffering. "Why did this have to happen? Why me? Where is God when I'm experiencing this pain?" These questions are tough not because of a lack credible answers, but because explanations that answer the intellect rarely satisfy the heart.
This book seems to understand that. While it doesn't claim to tackle the whole massive issue of suffering, it does give you a passenger's perspective of one person's journey of faith through pain. More than proofs, Patton displays a God who is present in and through suffering.
That seems to be what most of us actually need to endure (and eventually to grow from) the struggles in our own lives.
Highly recommend.
This book seems to understand that. While it doesn't claim to tackle the whole massive issue of suffering, it does give you a passenger's perspective of one person's journey of faith through pain. More than proofs, Patton displays a God who is present in and through suffering.
That seems to be what most of us actually need to endure (and eventually to grow from) the struggles in our own lives.
Highly recommend.
November 2, 2019
I really liked this book because the point of view was a special blend of pastorly-lessons, personal stories, humor and common life challenges that we all face. It was unique in its content on small animals, but not overwhelming in facts and details. Every chapter's theme carried its own weight and the personal anecdotes made it hard to put down. I read the whole book over just a few days, many chapters read one after another. It was addicting. Of course, I am biased, but as a writer and reader, I think I have earned the place to give this book all the credit it deserves.
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