Waiting on God: Becoming What God Wants Us to Be Book

Chapter 1	Waiting: Why Bother?
	An Old Priest Waits	1
	Work and Identity	4
	The Authority of Experience	6
	The Culture of Immediacy	9
	Waiting to Be Avoided	12
	Waiting Not to Be Avoided	16
Chapter 2	Waiting for God
	The King and the Runners	21
	Abraham and Sarah: Waiting for New Life	23
	Promises and Expectations	26
	Failure to Imagine God's Promises	29
	Learning to Dream Again	32
	Waiting As Process	34
Chapter 3	Waiting for Gospel
	"Promises, Promises!"	37
	Zechariah Is Interrupted	39
	Mary Is Interrupted	45
	The Mothers Who Wait Together	48
	Simeon and Anna: Waiting for Gospel	50
	Advent: Setting the Tone	52
Chapter 4	Waiting in Passion
	The Passion As Central Story	55
	Journeying to Gethsemane	57
	Waiting in Gethsemane	58
	The Language of the Ministry	64
	The Language of the Passion	65
	From Action to Passion	67
	Power Not Exercised	70
	A Figure of Passion	72
Chapter 5	Waiting for an Ending
	Living in Hell	75
	Preparing the Disciples	77
	Waiting at the End of John's Gospel	82
	Waiting at the End of Luke's Gospel	84
Chapter 6	Waiting in Absence
	The Absence of God and Suffering	91
	Waiting in Absence	95
	My Mother's Death	98
	Waiting in Loss	102
Chapter 7	Waiting for the Spirit
	Is the Time of Waiting Over?	109
	The Two Accounts of the Ascension of Jesus	112
	The Community of Memory: The Three Groups	116
	The Community of Spirit	119
	The Community of Memory and Spirit	122
	The Same Spirit	126
Chapter 8	Waiting and Anxiety
	Reflecting on Ourselves	129
	The Age of Anxiety	131
	Waiting and Anxiety	135
	Redeeming Our Story in a Larger Context	140
	The Courage to Go Beyond Anxiety	142
	Anxiety and Prayer	145
Chapter 9	Waiting in Joyful Hope
	The Creative Word of God	151
	Waiting Inside the Creative Word of Promise	154
	Waiting Together in a Community of Worship	156
	Hope and Help	161
	Waiting in Joyful Hope	165
	Epilogue: The Old Woman	171
	Notes	177