Chapter 1: Following Alice - Contact With God Is Possible

Chapter 2: Basic Trust - The Father Thing Matters

Chapter 3: Points of Contact - When Heaven Meets Earth

Chapter 4: Love Came Down - God Doesn't Want To Date Forever

Chapter 4: Love Came Down - God Doesn't Want To Date Forever

Chapter 5: Got Religion? - The Obstacle of Religiosity

Chapter 5: Got Religion? - The Obstacle of Religiosity

Chapter 6: Never Good Enough - The Trap of Condemnation

Chapter 7: Exposing Martha - A Lifestyle of Overdoing

Chapter 8: Ambushed By Life - The Insolent Conundrum of Pain

Chapter 9: Inklings - Listening For God

Chapter 10: Puzzles - God Speaks in Metaphors and Mystery

Chapter 10: Puzzles - God Speaks in Metaphors and Mystery

Chapter 10: Puzzles - God Speaks in Metaphors and Mystery

Chapter 10: Puzzles - God Speaks in Metaphors and Mystery

Chapter 10: Puzzles - God Speaks in Metaphors and Mystery

Chapter 10: Puzzles - God Speaks in Metaphors and Mystery

Chapter 11: Thanksgiving.com - A Door Called Gratitude

Chapter 11: Thanksgiving.com - A Door Called Gratitude

Chapter 12: Unwinding - Off the Treadmill and Into the Adventure

Chapter 13: Thoughts on Destiny - Made for a Purpose

Chapter 14: Anchored - God as the Third Party in Marriage

Chapter 15: Repairing Desolations - God Is All About Forgiveness

Chapter 15: Repairing Desolations - God Is All About Forgiveness

Chapter 16: No Stones or Snakes - Parenting With God

Chapter 17: Steadfast Love - Still Parenting With God

Chapter 18: Three Hammers - Some Thoughts on Prayer

Chapter 21: Beloved - You're God's Favorite, and So Am I

Chapter 21: Beloved - You're God's Favorite - And So Am I

The summer in New Hampshire with my grandparents' '62 Beetle.

The safety of a loving father.

Dostoevsky's story of "The Grand Inquisitor," in The Brothers Karamazov, made Jesus irresistible.

The exact spot where my sister told me about Christ, seventeen years later.

"Fergus Feet"

Rick and Cliff, Young Life leaders extraordinaire!

Flower power meets Jesus freak.

The lie of condemnation is like a two-sided T-shirt. On the front it says "How am I doing, God?" On the back, "I'll try harder."

The poor, bitter, excluded ones haunted me.

Our early days - did God put us together at the stoplight?

The garden where I lost and found my diamond.

Anatomy of a "blue-green day"

French River blueberries make the best cobbler.

My grandparents, Myrtle and Ray, the year they married.

The original cabin

Clergy with pigtails

Our parishioners seated with a center aisle, in case someone wanted to get married later

The wonder of life with Gram

Attention All Associates... Milaina is in the store!

Hammock time for a recovering Martha

Writer's cramp, though a known condition, became a funny little joke between me and God.

The swimming dream was so real, I later painted a picture of the water

How could we make such sweeping vows? Yet, God blesses those who persevere.

I saw the "Mixmaster Interchange" in a dream before I saw it with my own eyes the next day

We were all peas and carrots in the hammock until...

Nate's magic market art

Knocking on heaven's door

God reframed my worldview

"Do you know how God feels about you?" he asked me