Big Lessons from Little Places The book is structured around

The book is structured around the stages of a pilgrimage

The "difficult psalms" which amount to more than a third of the Psalter

and the allure of being “spiritual but not religious

but can also be used by groups who walk the Stations together

traditional images of God (as an all-powerful father figure) and much standard prayer and worship language are no longer plausible for many believers

Big Lessons from Little Places The book is structured around"Churchwide discussions on structure and growth tend to focus on the importance of increasing butts in the pews and bucks in the plates. Suggestions have been made on merging smaller dioceses to create larger ones and closing the doors of congregations which do not have Sunday attendance of at least 200. This is a model of scarcity without consideration of the value and abundance to be found in small churches. Discover the roles, possibilities,