Pain and loss produce chaos. Chaos can have gentle beginnings, such as an inner tug deep within our souls that awakens us to the realization that the life we are now living is not fulfilling. Chaos can also begin in more dramatic ways—the death of a loved one, divorce, the loss of a job, academic failure, retirement, etc. Whatever the impetus, chaos is uncomfortable. It moves us out of familiar patterns and known ways; causes us to re-evaluate what is important, how our lives are being lived, and, if we heed the signs, sets us on a journey of seeking more of what is missing…-Sacred Chaos by James R. Newby

Reviews and Comments concerning the book, Sacred Chaos: One Man’s Spiritual Journey Through Pain and Loss…

“Truly Excellent”
-M. Scott Peck

“In this spiritual memoir, James R. Newby writes about his descent into chaos following the death of his father, divorce, and depression…He believes his dark night of the soul was a spur to greater spiritual intimacy with God and with others. He writes about the stages of his quest—recovering passion, processing pain, exploring prayer, dancing with paradox, and experiencing pilgrimage. Along the way, Newby provides some helpful insights into the value of spiritual discipline, patience, tears of transformation, waiting, mystery and fellowship. On these pages the inner life of devotion and the outer life of service are
firmly welded together”
-Spirituality and Practice

“Will remind readers of the classics of spirituality…combines a very readable style with real wisdom.”
-Spiritual Book News

“Instructive and inspirational. The current literature on spirituality is enhanced by Newby’s well-written and carefully constructed testimony.”
-Christian Week

“It is out of the heart that Newby’s book has come…All who struggle with the pain of loss will hear God’s invitation to spiritual growth.”
-Quaker Life

“In Sacred Chaos, Jim Newby has given us a remarkable and poignant travelogue. He leads us out of the land of naivete and conventional pat religious solutions, through the agonizing midlife jungle of chaos, and on to the birth place of spiritual intimacy, integrity and hope. This is a wise and contemporary spiritual guide book through a difficult passage.”
-Keith Miller

“…A guide for seekers of every persuasion.”
-James A. Autry

Copies of Jim's book "Sacred Chaos - One Man's Spiritual Journey Thru Pain and Loss" are available for $18.95 which includes shipping costs of $3.95. Contact Jim Newby at jrnewby@scaredchaos.org.