Mysterious Ways

Epic Faith

I’ve gone to the same church for years. I’ve served on the board, taught Sunday school, sung in the choir, prayed for others and been prayed for. I suppose you could call me a pillar of my faith community. But what would happen if you took all that away—and while you were at it, you erased my identity as a writer and editor of an inspirational magazine like Guideposts? Where would my spiritual life be?

Those were the questions I found myself wrestling with as I read Yongey Mlngyur Rinpoche’s memoir In Love With the World. I don’t think

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