New Preface to "Chased by the Wind"

johnmdemarco posted on January 13, 2012 19:12

This is a new preface I wrote tonight for my spiritual memoir Chased by the Wind: A Youth’s Literary Search for God, which is available for Kind...

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Divine Discontent

johnmdemarco posted on December 17, 2011 15:39

Divine discontent. I’d heard the phrase used by others, but this morning during a long walk it applied both comprehensively and succinctly to yo...

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Trust the Muse: An Excerpt From "Narcissus Blinked"

johnmdemarco posted on October 22, 2011 12:23

One weekend during their sophomore year, Stephen invited Jacob to join him on a two-night retreat with a Catholic collegiate group at a gigantic house...

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Prevenient Grace: An Excerpt From "Chased by the Wind"

johnmdemarco posted on October 02, 2011 18:30

John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, coined a phrase for this dynamic of God “wooing” human beings. He called it “pre...

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Continuous Conversation With God

johnmdemarco posted on September 13, 2011 19:47

Re-reading Frank Laubach’s classic Letters from a Modern Mystic, I’m struck by one poignant sentence: My part is to live this hou...

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Narcissus Blinked: Religious Fiction or Pornography?

johnmdemarco posted on August 30, 2011 07:41

Well, the answer is…a resounding neither! It might ultimately be challenging to fully categorize my new novel from Kindle Books (http://www.ama...

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Storms

johnmdemarco posted on April 30, 2011 14:14

Some storms skirt around you. Others connect. Exactly a year ago tomorrow, a really big one skirted around my family—by a few blocks at...

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Is It Finished?

johnmdemarco posted on April 22, 2011 09:00

What does it mean for me to say to Jesus, “It is finished,” and then give up my spirit to him? There are some things that are wor...

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