There are big questions that most of us come up against at some stage or other, maybe looking something like this: Does my life have a point? Do things really have to change? Am I happy enough? Where on earth is home? Will I ever be 'in' with the 'in crowd'? Is there never time to breathe? And we have a choice. To push these issues away by filling our lives with the noise and activity that will drown them out. Or to face them full-on, seeing them as a means of exploring the deepest possibilities of our lives. Does My Soul Look Big in This? is a book for a generation unafraid to be vulnerable, honest, authentic; for people longing to find for a spirituality that is relevant and real.

Rosemary Lain-Priestley

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Imprint

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The John Lewis stages of life

2. Comfortable in my own skin

3. The school playground

4. Born in the North

5. This gossamer web

6. Down the stairs backwards

7. ‘Never fully known, never properly kissed’

8. The rawness of peeled carrots

9. When I grow up I want to be …

10. Fitting the oxygen mask

11. Losing our religion … or not

12. The gift of ‘just because’

Notes

Bibliography

A book for a generation unafraid to be vulnerable, honest, authentic; for people longing to find for a spirituality that is relevant and real. Those who want to face the big questions full-on, seeing them as a means of exploring the deepest possibilities of our lives.

There are big questions in life that most of us come up against at some stage or other. They may look something like this: Does my life have a point? Do things really have to change? Am I happy enough? Will I ever be 'in' with the 'in crowd'? Where on earth is home? It's up to us to choose how we deal with these issues. We can push them away by letting ourselves become so busy and distracted that we drown them out. Or we can face them full on, and start exploring the deepest possibilities of our lives. The latter is what Does My Soul Look Big in This? aims to help us do. Warm and accessible, it's a book for a generation unafraid to be vulnerable; for people longing for a spirituality that is relevant and real.

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Rosemary Lain-Priestley paints a compelling picture of authentic spirituality in her newest work. This new title is a wise, compassionate and warm-hearted tour of some of the largest of life questions. Peeled carrots and depression are rarely found in successive sentences. Wonderfully they are here: for it’s about trusting God as the unfailing-midwife to all of life experiences. Movingly written books that engage with substantive gospel topics are rare and in this Lain-Priestley's insightful steer for our culture is something quite precious regarding identity, belonging, purpose, struggles and more!  
This deserves to be a contemporary apologetic that you could confidently give to a friend, in their consideration of big life issues. It forces wisdom, thoughtfulness and you'll feel you've journeyed quite some way. The human soul cannot live without meaning and this is a top-class exploration of this. Creative, fresh and engaging....with my only wish there'd been a different title! Don't be size-ist and let that put you off! Top class!

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