Do you know God or do you just know about God? Is God an idea to you or is God a reality, a relationship, an experience? Internationally-recognized Ignatian speaker, retreat leader, and author, Paul Coutinho, SJ, challenges us to rethink our limited ideas of God and to truly experience the Divine in all its wondrous and infinite possibilities. A Jesuit and a native of India, Coutinho has spent decades bringing an Eastern perspective to Western spirituality, with a warm sense of humor and talent for telling just the right story. Through his trademark parables, personal anecdotes, and insights, he invites helps us to ask this important question---how big is our God?---to lead to us to embrace a God whose love truly knows no bounds. (Produced by Loyola Press; see website below for more information on Paul Coutinho's How Big Is Your God? The Freedom to Experience the Divine.)

Chapter One of Greg Pierce’s new book “The World As It Should Be:
Living Authentically in the Here-and-Now Kingdom of God”,
to published in the fall of 2009 by Loyola Press

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