Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291).
Contents
PART 1: Waiting. Blond date ; In the waiting room ; Tokens of his love ; Spiritual breath holding -- PART 2: Faithfulness. The professor ; Ebenezer ; My own "Dear Abby" ; The summer of weddings ; Thrice a bridesmaid ; For sale by owner ; The anti-loneliness campaign -- PART 3: Community. Uber-fundamentalist boy ; A scattered shower ; Are you my neighbor? ; The theology of huckleberry pie ; Mole checkups and other forms of accountability ; Where would God put his tattoo? -- PART 4: Hope. Mr. Very ; God and the odds ; The red couch ; UnValentine's Day ; Baby-step prayers ; Feathers and axes -- PART 5: Prayer. The linebacker ; Breaking up with church ; Fighting my dragons alone ; The sacred scar ; The promise I thought God broke ; My quest to become annoying -- PART 6: Gratitude. The Connecticut Yankee ; Confessions of an ungrateful heart ; Why God loves a good story ; Forty days of uncloistered life ; Red-light redemption ; Contentment, like it or not -- PART 7: Joy. Mr. Paper-perfect ; A divine canvas ; A family of one ; Full of grace ; When joy comes in camo ; Bone-crushing happiness -- PART 8: Journey. Limo dude ; Sucking out the marrow ; The time Dad pulled a Laban ; Parachute prayers ; In the desert ; The big 3-0 -- Epilogue: Last blind date.
