TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hiestand,J.D.
TI  - Falling through the ice: the path of a zen Methodist 
SN  - 9781498200172
AV  - BX8495.H547 
U1  - 287/.1092 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Eugene, Oregon
PB  - Resource Publications
KW  - Hiestand, J. D.
KW  - Christian life
KW  - Methodists
KW  - Biography
KW  - Zen Buddhism
KW  - Vie chrétienne
KW  - Bouddhisme zen
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Religious
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Methodist
KW  - fast
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Why a journey from Zen to Methodism? Two friends embark on a dual path of discovery while driving from Portland to Denver. The miles take them through the beautiful scenery of the Pacific Northwest as their souls traverse the spiritual landscapes of a lifetime. The journey begins in the San Francisco Bay Area of the 1960s with the nascent American Zen movement led by Shunryu Suzuki. From there it winds through the years, passing through Christianity and pop culture, John Cage and avant-garde music, the haunting beauty of Taize worship, Celtic Christianity, spiritual naturalism, the painful failures of the modern church, and the promise the church may still hold. The barren landscape of southern Wyoming becomes a fitting backdrop for one friend's growing skepticism as the spiritual past seems more and more disconnected from the present uncertainty. Unexpectedly, the practical theology of eighteenth-century theologian John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, offers the possibility of merging these disparate spiritual experiences together into a single pathway. Transformation, however, inevitably involves loss when the friends find their roads diverging as the destination approaches: one branching towards hope, and the other towards despair. J. D. Hiestand and his wife Vivian are ordained United Methodist elders. An Elder, in many Methodist Churches, is an ordained minister that has the responsibilities to preach and teach, preside at the celebration of the sacraments, administer the Church through pastoral guidance, and lead the congregations under their care in service ministry to the world
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