How Long to Read The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan

How Long Does it Take to Read The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 23 minutes to read The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan by Lisa Plummer Crafton

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This collection offers selected sermons of Jim Callahan, Rector of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church from 1982-2000, Irish poet priest, teller of tales, and advocate for ministry of Outreach. These very literary sermons include words from theological figures like Diedrich Bonhoeffer and Frederich Buechner, and from Shakespeare, Dickens, Frost, Cormac McCarthy, to name a few, and, perhaps most powerfully, characters Jim loved to talk about, his notorious Uncle Henry and Aunt Sue Belle and Mama Jesse and myriad others whom he brings to life in the course of celebrating our human experience of the Gospel. His is a theology of incarnation, of the way that the trinity of joy, sorrow, and love is the story of our life. The title echoes a phrase from these pages and which speaks to our willingness to embrace the joys and pains of which we live in the midst. As Jim puts it, "For apart from that world-the givenness of things-you and I have no being and make no sense. For it is just the givenness of things-this sadness and sorrow, this all too fleeting pleasure, this boredom and fear and terror, and this laughter and these tears-that are the thick of it into or out of which God speaks."

How long is The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan?

The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan by Lisa Plummer Crafton is 142 pages long, and a total of 35,784 words.

This makes it 48% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 15 minutes to read The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan aloud.

What Reading Level is The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan?

The Givenness of Things: Sermons by James A. Callahan is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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