"What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?" ( Matthew 16:26 ). And the psalmist reminds us that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" ( Psalm 139:14 ). These ten stories about the meaning of life, purpose and self-image, retold in our own words, include famous people who reached the top and found it empty, an artist's three great questions, a climber who found joy in the struggle and several stars who struggled with how they saw themselves. Each ends with a takeaway for sermons or reflection. Stories in this collection: "Was This It?": Phil Jackson's Empty Victory "Sheer Joy": Why George Mallory Climbed Everest I'd Pick More Daisies: If I Had My Life to Live Over "Is That It?": George Harrison's Question Gauguin's Three Questions "Because I'm Human": Paul McCartney's Insecurity At Seventeen: Janis Ian and the Pain of Not Being Beautiful Finding Purpose: ...
Sermon stories for preaching and faithful living