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Brave Fish: Identity, Love, Faith

It's FREE on Kindle until June 27th, 2012

Here's an excerpt:


"LET´S get real here. An epiphany sounds wonderful, but the alternate explanations are endless. I made mistakes, some quite grave, and with the overwhelming guilt, something had to give. Religion is an easy way out. Sure, my sins are wiped away and the slate cleaned. What could be more convenient? Could it all just be an elaborate psychological conspiracy hatched over 20 centuries ago? What if I just changed my ways and apologized to those I hurt, wouldn´t that be enough? Why all the flowing robes and theatrics for heaven´s sake?

I weighed these possibilities and many more. I debated them and studied them. I doubted my conversion and put it through the test of fire, and this process continues to this very day as my faith takes shape between the hammer strike and anvil. They now even propose to offer a biological explanation for my faith. So be it. If I boil down to an equation scribbled on a blackboard then who wrote the equation? My ego, a midlife crisis, a psychiatric illness, a desperate need for attention… all of these and more are viable conclusions. But none of them give me complete closure. Nobody could ever explain love to me, yet if there is one thing of which I am certain, it is love.

Instead of pride or stubbornness, could it be a more pro-found ailment of every century? A sense of worthlessness infects me, a sense of not deserving love, something so strong that it blocks all reason and all rationality. I make every external attempt to prove my worthlessness and thus disprove God´s love. To deny God´s existence requires an infinite effort, a no-holds-barred, bare fisted brawl, but it is a fruitless attempt at holding back the wind or a torrential river, or even holding a single cup of spring water in my hands."



Blessings!

Just returned from a Bible retreat/conference in Viña del Mar, Chile. We were with representative from Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile.

We shared experiences and ideas about how to spread God's word. What a blessing the time was!

Vincent wrote: "Just returned from a Bible retreat/conference in Viña del Mar, Chile. We were with representative from Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile.

We shared experiences and ideas about how to ..."

Rejoicing along with you. Praise God.

Thank you Karen... yes, Praise God!

Vincent wrote: "Thank you Karen... yes, Praise God!"

:)

I want to let everyone know that proceeds from my book sales go towards supporting our ministry in Buenos Aires. One place where we are working is described in my blog. Here's the link:

http://identitylovefaith.wordpress.co...

Thank you and blessings.

Vincent wrote: "I want to let everyone know that proceeds from my book sales go towards supporting our ministry in Buenos Aires. One place where we are working is described in my blog. Here's the link:

http://ide..."

Will look at your site.

Thank you Karen... I hope you like what you find.
Blessing and grace to you.

Vincent wrote: "Thank you Karen... I hope you like what you find.
Blessing and grace to you."

:)

Check it out! All my books are free for the next five days (Kindle versions only).
Many good thoughts, many good things, many blessings!

Still free on Kindle until Wednesday June 27th, 2012.

Enjoy!

Brave Fish: Identity, Love, Faith
Ashes to Eucalyptus
Your Messiah as Metaphor

I like your sample chapter Vincent, very good. Thanks for posting. I also picked up a Kindle copy of Brave Fish - will read and review. Thanks again :)

Thank you Graham. Many thanks and many blessings.

@Graham... I just found out you are in New Zealand. I visited there in '92 and loved it. Hope you like what I wrote about NZ in my book.

I checked out your Amazon site too... looks great!
Here's Graham's Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-But-Thr...

I will let you know once I get to it Vincent! Thanks for the plug for my page, much appreciated! I've only just got it up today and I'm pretty nervous about the whole thing so thanks for the compliment!

I have posted a Goodreads giveaway for my book:

Brave Fish: Identity, Love, Faith
Also, until Jan 14, the Kindle version is free on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Brave-Fish-Iden...
Enjoy!

Thanks looking forward to reading it.