Leading Causes of Life: Five Fundmentals to Change the Way You Live Your Life

By Gary Gunderson, Larry M. Pray, Larry Pray

Book Overview

What do you think about when you talk about life and death? This is the question that sent Gary Gunderson on a journey toward life, realizing that if death defines our efforts, then it will win every time. Once our imagination turns from death it becomes aparent that death isn't the only thing going on out there. The Leading Causes of Life focuses in on five powerful concepts: Connection Coherence Agency Blessing Hope To write the book, Gary partnered with Larry Pray, a widely traveled speaker who tested out the concepts he and Gary were writing about in places like Big Timber, Montana. Larry felt strongly that their work would only be accurate and useful if it rang true to people who surrounded themselves with life, wilderness, challenges, and the miracles that come with them. Gary Gunderson, D.Min., M.Div., is the Senior Vice President for Health and Welfare Ministries for Methodist Healthcare and the director for the Interfaith Health Program at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. He is a commissioned Deacon in the United Methodist Church. Lawrence M. Pray is a pastor of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) andcurrently serves the Christian Chruch (Disciples of Christ) in Joliet, Montana and consults with St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings, Montana. He is the Senior Pastoral Scholar for Methodist Healthcare in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687655331
• ISBN13: 9780687655335
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Good Book

This is Gunderson's third and most theoretical book and his first with Larry Pray. For anyone working to improve the life of their community, it is a great read. Lots of good, inspirational stories, but mostly a great restructuring of the way we think about community life. One good quote: "Many see communities as broken and sick; we see them as capable of being connected in new ways that allow them to live" (p69). This line runs through the entire work: how to move from focusing on how everything can go wrong to how everything can become better. This blog might also be of interest: [...]