Godzone is a book of mystery and illumination, a guide-book to the travels of the heart. With humour, story-telling and captivating originality, it entices the reader to join its hitchhiking author on the most important journey of all.

Mike Riddell

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Title page

Copyright

Dedication

1. You are now entering Godzone

2. Introductions

3. The lie of the land

4. Customs

5. Dangers

6. Travelling companions

7. The last frontier

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'Riddell makes a fascinating and innovative tour guide ... and presents a lively mix of teaching stories.' www.spiritualityandpractice.com 'This book is the most outstanding assessment of the real spiritual journey that I have ever read. Riddell's ability to interpret the tension between experience and hope and to hold the line between reality and disappointment is astonishing. I have never wanted to take a book with me everywhere, all the time, until now. This little stack of pages has revolutionised my life.' Amazon review

Mike Riddell was for many years a regular columnist for Third Way magazine. He is the author of Sacred Journey: Spiritual Wisdom for Times of Transition (to be reissued by SPCK in 2010) which won Foreword magazine's Book of the Year Award in 2002 and, with Mike Pierson and Cathy Kirkpatrick, of the groundbreaking Prodigal Project (SPCK, 2000). He was awarded a PhD by the University of Otago, New Zealand, before taking up his latest career as a screenwriter and establishing Holy Bucket Productions. He lives with his wife in North Island, New Zealand.

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I am a voracious reader and like to have about ten books on the go, but rarely do I give my undivided attention to one book and then read it from cover to cover in less than 24 hours! But Godzone would not let me go. Its sub-title A guide to the travels of the soul indicates that we are going on a journey. What follows is a book interwoven with stories, similes, metaphors and jokes in non-religious - and sometimes shocking - language about the Kingdom of God. The mystery of living in the Zone, learning its language and customs, living with the other travellers, and eventually reaching the river at the end of the journey - it is all there. A Pilgrim's Progress for the twenty-first century. Although it is a re-issue of a book first published in 1992, the language is up to date and masterfully crafted. I had to look up some words more commonly used in New Zealand - for example, dingbat, which according to my dictionary means 'daft' or 'crazy' in the antipodes. Some of the illustrations made me laugh out loud. How about this one used when describing old friends who we meet infrequently but with whom we are totally relaxed, 'These are the ones in whose presence you are as relaxed as a basset-hound on barbiturates.' I would choose carefully to whom I would give this book - it is definitely not for the prudish - but it has the potential to create a great thirst for the reality of God and His Kingdom, and I heartily recommend it.

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Godzone is a book of mystery and illumination, a guide-book to the travels of the heart. With humour, story-telling and captivating originality, it entices the reader to join its hitchhiking author on the most important journey of all.

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