Introduction: On blind spots and spotting blindness -- Manger wetter : coming to terms with our neediness -- Longing to belong : finding our place in the world -- Mother's guilt : living in the tension between a parent's will and God's will -- The problem of authority : deciding how to respond -- The failures of Jesus : why falling short is okay sometimes -- In need of friends : the importance of companions for life's journey -- The dysfunctions of Jesus's family : learning when to embrace and when to resist our own families -- Jesus and sex : daring to see Jesus as a sexual being -- Good and angry : passion with purpose in a world of violence -- When Jesus questioned the Father : how doubt and fear drive us to God -- Extreme Jesus : eschewing stereotypical spirituality -- How should Christians die? : a lesson in the end of life -- Scarred for life : the stories our wounds tell -- Feasting with Jesus : learning to eat between meals.
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