A Wider Horizon The Primavera Journals of Ray Sabin |
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| Editor:
| Sabin, Edward
Woods Butler, Amy |
| Author:
| Sabin, Edward
Sabin, Raymond |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7327689-4-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2021 |
| Publisher: | Story Scribe Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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In the early 1950s, my father, Ray Sabin, left the Unitarian ministry and moved the family to an intentional religious community in Paraguay. The journals he left behind trace his meandering path from well-paid Chicago utility worker to failed minister to skeptical enthusiast of Christian communal living. His search for meaning tested his faith, his marriage, and the very definition of an authentic life. Editing these journals has opened a new perspective on an old chapter in my own...
More DescriptionIn the early 1950s, my father, Ray Sabin, left the Unitarian ministry and moved the family to an intentional religious community in Paraguay. The journals he left behind trace his meandering path from well-paid Chicago utility worker to failed minister to skeptical enthusiast of Christian communal living. His search for meaning tested his faith, his marriage, and the very definition of an authentic life. Editing these journals has opened a new perspective on an old chapter in my own life. For me, nearly three-quarters of a century later, the story is ongoing, as it must be for any of us picking our way backward on the path that led us to our present.