In this highly readable book, John Pritchard explores around 20 experiences common to us all. Each of these, he believes, offers us a route to a more authentic existence, an insight into some aspect of the divine. Whether you are just starting out on spiritual exploration, or have some experience of 'signs of transcendence', this book will reassure you are on the right track, and point the way forward to the 'beyond in the everyday', the 'something more' we are forever designed to seek.

John Pritchard

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1. ‘Is there more to life than meets the eye?’: the beyond in the everyday

2. ‘Is that it?’: a sense of incompleteness

3. ‘All you could desire’: what are our longings telling us?

4. ‘Life couldn’t hold any more’: being fully alive

5. ‘Earth’s crammed with heaven’: the meanings of wonder

6. ‘Nobody’s perfect’: the mess we find ourselves in

7. ‘Hell and high water’: the poignant questions of suffering

8. ‘Don’t just do something, sit there’: a need for stillness

9. ‘Tell it slant’: the disturbing beauty of the arts

10. ‘Coming home’: a need to belong

11. ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’: a need for answers

12. ‘Darkness at noon’: the sudden collapse of our world

13. ‘Hatching, matching, dispatching’: unexpected discoveries

14. ‘He hath a daily beauty’: the influence of special people

15. ‘Entranced by his company’: the attraction of Jesus

16. ‘Who speaks for the poor?’: the search for justice and social engagement

17. ‘Let it be’: letting go and being surprised

18. ‘So what?’: the beyond in the everyday

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In this highly readable book, John Pritchard explores around 20 experiences common to us all. Each of these, he believes, offers us a route to a more authentic existence, an insight into some aspect of the divine.

 Whether you are just starting out on spiritual exploration, or have some experience of 'signs of transcendence', this book will reassure you are on the right track, and point the way forward to the 'beyond in the everyday', the 'something more' we are forever designed to seek.

A book for those who have a longing to track down the divine but may not know where to start. John Pritchard explores around 20 experiences common to us all. Each of these, he believes, offers us a route to a more authentic existence, an insight into some aspect of the divine.

Mystery, beauty, enchantment, incompleteness, desire, suffering ...In this highly readable book, John Pritchard explores around 20 experiences common to us all. Each of these, he believes, offers us a route to a more authentic existence, an insight into some aspect of the divine. Whether you are just starting out on spiritual exploration, or have some experience of 'signs of transcendence', this book will reassure you are on the right track, and point the way forward to the 'beyond in the everyday', the 'something more' we are forever designed to seek.

THE RT REVD JOHN PRITCHARD retired as Bishop of Oxford in 2014. He was previously Bishop of Jarrow and, before that, Archdeacon of Canterbury. He has written many bestselling books for SPCK.

The feeling that beyond the everyday, beyond what you see is, for John Prichard, God's presence in the everyday.

\["Want more than everyday faith?","John Pritchard explores faith beyond expectation, and experiences of truly authentic faith","You'll discover the possibilities of a spiritual life in all its blessings"\]

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