Table of Contents
1 Where Is Jesus?
1 Where Jesus Is 11
2 A Bunch-Backed Old Woman 17
2 Jesus Drawing Near
3 Talitha: Grandma Trula's Prayers 25
4 Wally: Dreading Christmas 33
3 The Fierce Anger Among Ourselves
5 Arthur Bias: "Wan-ter Toss a Line?" 41
6 Blue-Jack: The Hammer of God 47
4 Goods Get Goodness, Bads Get Badness
7 Henry: His God from the Beginning 53
8 Talitha: Do Me a Favor and Die 59
9 Karl: The Scar in My Ancient Mariner's Heart 63
10 Matthew: Goods Get Goodness, Bads Get Badness 67
5 It's The Little Things
11 Diane: What If I Can't Forgive? 75
12 Mary: A Hug as Holy as the Ocean 85
6 Catching Thieves
13 Lucian: Of Pastors and Thieves 93
14 Matthew: Because He Cried 97
7 Serving The Least
15 Billy: The Ruination of My Thanksgiving 107
16 Junle Piper: None So Precious 111
8 Divine Interruptions
17 Melvin: Honor Thy Mother 121
18 Joseph: A Supernal Parent's Divine Interruptions 127
9 An Invasion By God
19 Agnes Brill: Allergic to God 135
20 Joseph: The Kid Who Was the Judgment of God 143
10 The Uninvited Guest
21 Mary: "It's Only a Doll in the Box" 149
22 Talitha: The Caller 161
Epilogue: Walt At Seventy-Three 169