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Searching for the Good Life The Unavoidable Question 3 A Shattered Life 11 The Great Paradoxes 23 A Nice Party with a Lot of Nice People 35 Shopping for the Holy Grail 45 Laughing at Death 57 More Important Than Life Itself 73 A Life of Significance 83 A Silent Good-bye 93 My Happiness, Right or Wrong 103 Whose Life Is It? 113 A Very Rich Man 121 Giving to Others Living Legacies 131 Greater Love Hath No Man Than This 145 My Life for Yours-but to What End? 155 Searching for the Truth Journey into Illusion 161 Living within the Truth 173 Can We Know the Truth? 187 What Is Life Worth? 197 God's ID 213 Morality and the Natural Order 229 The Gift of Knowing Right from Wrong 247 Beauty: The Sign of God's Care 255 Written on the Heart 269 Postmodernists in Recovery 275 Hope, Freedom, and Happiness 291 The Bad News 305 Living the Good Life Providence 319 A Good Death 335 Infinite Truth and Love 347 Epilogue: Back to the Beginning 359 With Gratitude 367 Notes 371 Recommended Reading 389 About the Authors 393 |
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Jacket Description/Back:
"The Good Life" is the most personal book Charles Colson has written since his international best seller "Born Again." The true stories from Colson's life and others' lives read like adventures -- and that's what Charles Colson says life can be for seekers of the truth. Through these life stories, Colson draws out meaning and understanding that will help seekers make sense of this messy, fast-moving world. This book will show you not only how to find purpose in your life but also how the world really works and how you can fit into its grand design. You will come to know Charles Colson as never before, and you'll also meet The king of corporate scandals The woman the Chinese Cultural Revolution couldn't break The most tragic figure from Watergate A man recovering from same-sex attraction The film characters who say the most about what's happening in culture now Colson believes that we can "know the truth and live it." It is through this principle that we can discover what the good life truly is. Find it in the search for meaning, in the search for answers to the questions we all ask: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I find significance in my life? How can I make my life count? Your life can be a great adventure. You can find purpose, meaning, and truth.
Jacket Description/Flap: Harold Fickett is a full-time writer and the author of novels, biographies, and works of spirituality, including "The Holy Fool, The Living Christ, Dancing with the Divine," and a forthcoming biography of Albert Schweitzer. Fickett has collaborated with Colson on several books, including the contemporary classics "Loving God" and "How Now Shall We Live?" He is also a contributing editor of www.godspy.com, where he writes columns on world Christianity and spirituality. |