In this collection of essays, friar Daniel P. Horan explores living a Franciscan life in the world today.
Hello, John! Christians are called by the example of Jesus to heal the broken and brokenhearted, forgive the unforgivable, and love the unlovable. In short, we're called to be countercultural, often in ways that appear foolish to the outside world.
Few were more practiced at this than “God’s Fool,” St. Francis of Assisi, who devoted his life to embracing the Gospel as best he could, protesting the injustices of certain social systems, and letting nothing get in the way of his relationship with others.
In God Is Not Fair and Other Reasons for Gratitude, Franciscan friar and National Catholic Reporter columnist Dan Horan explores the foolishness of God's infinite love, the simplicity of Franciscan spirituality, and what it means to follow Christ in the modern world. This collection of essays explores what Jesus has to say to our predicaments today, delving into what it means to faithfully live by vows—counterculturally—in the 21st century. |
"If we cannot live because we fear failure, then we cannot be good Christians because it is a faith predicated on being often diametrically opposed to worldly success. If you want to be successful, you need to learn to fail well." —from God is Not Fair and Other Reasons for Gratitude |
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