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In Tables in the
Wilderness, Preston Yancey arrived at Baylor University in the
autumn of 2008 with his life figured out: he was Southern Baptist,
conservative, had a beautiful girlfriend he would soon propose to, and planned
to study political science. Then God slowly allowed Preston's secure world to
fall apart until every piece of what he thought was true was lost: his church,
his life of study, his political leanings, his girlfriend, his best friend...
and his God.
Tables in the Wilderness is the story of one man's slow return to the God he thought he knew. Now, Preston is a patchwork of Anglican spirituality and Baptist sensibility. He shares his story of coming to terms with a God who is bigger than the one he thought he was worshiping – the God of a common faith, the God who makes tables in the wilderness, the God who is found in cathedrals and in forests and in the Eucharist, the God who is so big, that everything must be his.
Tables in the Wilderness is the story of one man's slow return to the God he thought he knew. Now, Preston is a patchwork of Anglican spirituality and Baptist sensibility. He shares his story of coming to terms with a God who is bigger than the one he thought he was worshiping – the God of a common faith, the God who makes tables in the wilderness, the God who is found in cathedrals and in forests and in the Eucharist, the God who is so big, that everything must be his.
In Tables in the
Wilderness, Preston Yancey chronicles his spiritual wanderings as a college
student at Baylor University. He enters as a Southern Baptist, but soon begins
to question his denominational identity and how he best connects with God. As
he asks hard questions and desperately searches for answers, it becomes quite
clear that Yancey is a talented storyteller. He writes poetically with honesty
and passion, while not adhering to a strictly linear train of thought. I enjoyed
following along as he ably incorporated and intertwined interactions with
friends, parents, professors, the Bible and other various literatures into the
telling of this beautifully relatable narrative. Tables in the Wilderness will surely resonate with individuals who
have wrestled with aspects of their faith or felt God a bit too far away. Readers
of spirituals memoirs, do not miss this one. I highly recommend it.
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