Where Are We Going So Fast?: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Moments

Jim Warda

Rowman & Littlefield, 2001 - Religion - 180 pages

In this fresh, lively, and personal book, Jim Warda helps us take measure of the meaning, lessons, and purpose of our lives. A contributor to the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Warda has mastered the art of pausing and noticing the meaning in everyday moments.

Contents

• where are we going so fast?: 1
• where are we going so fast?: 5
• so hungry: 8
• sacred planes: 9
• what makes it precious is that it ends: 10
• twenty ways to feed your soul: 11
• how the grinch saved christmas: 13
• this may cause you discomfort: 16
• a little wish: 17
• do not suffer liars: 18
• was there something?: 19
• do you believe in magic?: 20
• questions: 23
• in the dance of faith and fear: 25
• i believe: 29
• youre going to change the world: 31
• are you afraid?: 32
• the truth and clipping nails: 33
• saving captain warda: 34
• what are you going to do?: 37
• so many questions: 38
• fighting our demons: 40
• voices: 41
• i dont believe: 42
• questions: 44
• and do you love?: 45
• love in the rearview mirror: 49
• valentines: 50
• have you tasted the moon?: 51
• you are loved: 53
• moments: 54
• women men and little rose soaps: 56
• a series of goodbyes: 59
• and she doesnt even know: 61
• steak through the heart: 63
• for gina: 65
• questions: 66
• to borrow a childs eyes: 67
• the journey begins: 71
• she became amazing: 73
• the other sock: 74
• into our hands: 76
• when angels play with alexandra: 78
• helpless: 79
• so sweet forgiveness: 81
• sometimes you have to break the rules: 82
• letting go: 85
• needs improvement: 87
• i borrow my sons eyes: 89
• wrapped around her finger: 91
• he has my heart: 93
• babys home journal: 96
• i saw the light: 98
• the man behind the curtain: 101
• just for you: 103
• every precious second: 105
• sounds a lot like love: 108
• a promise broken: 109
• the birds and those crazy bees: 112
• questions: 114
• this house of grief has many rooms: 115
• even the trees wondered: 119
• my dad died: 122
• reflections on a week of grief: 124
• one last fathers day: 126
• whats in your boxes?: 128
• real: 129
• a matter of life and death: 130
• its delicious: 131
• cemeteries are sacred teachers: 134
• for the children: 136
• where theres a will: 138
• questions: 140
• the search for the sacred you: 141
• what will i be?: 145
• i wonder how you are: 146
• snowflakes bearing gifts: 147
• whats the buzz?: 150
• just another save: 152
• its a wonder full life: 153
• take your inner child to work day: 154
• try again: 156
• do you know how powerful you are?: 157
• in the giving: 158
• the toughest days: 160
• eighteen seconds: 161
• did you touch the worlds skin?: 162
• we can do great things: 163
• youre amazing: 164
• its time: 165
• a man for others: 167
• questions: 169
• hearing your small small voice: 171
• afterword: 175
• acknowledgments: 177

About the author

Jim Warda writes for the Sunday "family" section of the Chicago Tribune, has contributed to several Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and offers workshops about finding meaning in the moments of life.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Where Are We Going So Fast?: Finding the Sacred in Everyday Moments
• Author: Jim Warda
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001
• ISBN: 1580510965, 9781580510967
• Length: 180 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Living / Inspirational; Religion / General; Religion / Inspirational; Religion / Spirituality