Table of Contents
Preface ix
Part 1 Discovering Self
1 The Heart of Non-Mattering 3
2 First Step: Prepare to Fall 20
3 Struggling to Matter 32
4 Tales from Inner Space 44
5 Money: A Currency of Mattering 56
6 Finding Friends and Faith (& Funds) in the Fall 75
7 A Smattering of Mattering 90
8 The Soul of the Matter 108
9 Riding the Loneliness 119
10 Driving Away the Emptiness 133
11 Stress Rehearsal: Choosing a Mate 151
12 Sizing-Up Our Lives 163
Part 2 Recovering Self
13 Panes of Life 179
14 Right Life, Wrong Turns 197
15 Subject to Change 206
16 Birthright 218
17 On Air: Lessons from the Studio and Stage 226
18 Securing Your Identity 236
19 Holiness is a Creation 247
20 Grow For it! 257
21 Scared to Matter? 273
Epilogue 289
Matterings 291
Acknowledgments 317
About the Author 327