A Fresh Look at Confession...Why It Really Is Good for the Soul

David Knight was forty years a priest before he learned that priests don't hear sins in confession. "What you are really revealing is your ideals," he says. "The real you has a different set of ideals, reflecting your heart instead of your lapses. This 'you' abides with God."

With these words Father Knight reveals that A Fresh Look at Confession is unlike anything you may have read about the sacrament. He speaks about the heart of confession, its meaning and mystery, and why it is so necessary for authentic followers of Christ. This is deep theology, explained in clear language. But it's also much more: Father Knight's moving, intensely personal account of his own journey as a sinner takes readers beyond theory and into the awe-inspiring reality of our complete redemption in Jesus, who does not just forgive, but who "takes away" the sins of the world.

From a varied background as missionary, teacher, pastor, professor, retreat director, and campus minister, Father Knight's ministry has come to focus on making mystical experience commonplace in conscious Christian living.

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A Fresh Look at Confession...Why It Really Is Good for the Soul

David Knight was forty years a priest before he learned that priests don't hear sins in confession. "What you are really revealing is your ideals," he says. "The real you has a different set of ideals, reflecting your heart instead of your lapses. This 'you' abides with God."

With these words Father Knight reveals that A Fresh Look at Confession is unlike anything you may have read about the sacrament. He speaks about the heart of confession, its meaning and mystery, and why it is so necessary for authentic followers of Christ. This is deep theology, explained in clear language. But it's also much more: Father Knight's moving, intensely personal account of his own journey as a sinner takes readers beyond theory and into the awe-inspiring reality of our complete redemption in Jesus, who does not just forgive, but who "takes away" the sins of the world.

From a varied background as missionary, teacher, pastor, professor, retreat director, and campus minister, Father Knight's ministry has come to focus on making mystical experience commonplace in conscious Christian living.

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A Fresh Look at Confession...Why It Really Is Good for the Soul

A Fresh Look at Confession...Why It Really Is Good for the Soul

by David Knight
A Fresh Look at Confession...Why It Really Is Good for the Soul

A Fresh Look at Confession...Why It Really Is Good for the Soul

by David Knight

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David Knight was forty years a priest before he learned that priests don't hear sins in confession. "What you are really revealing is your ideals," he says. "The real you has a different set of ideals, reflecting your heart instead of your lapses. This 'you' abides with God."

With these words Father Knight reveals that A Fresh Look at Confession is unlike anything you may have read about the sacrament. He speaks about the heart of confession, its meaning and mystery, and why it is so necessary for authentic followers of Christ. This is deep theology, explained in clear language. But it's also much more: Father Knight's moving, intensely personal account of his own journey as a sinner takes readers beyond theory and into the awe-inspiring reality of our complete redemption in Jesus, who does not just forgive, but who "takes away" the sins of the world.

From a varied background as missionary, teacher, pastor, professor, retreat director, and campus minister, Father Knight's ministry has come to focus on making mystical experience commonplace in conscious Christian living.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781585959013
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications/Bayard
Publication date: 01/28/2013
Pages: 127
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

The Sacrament of Self-Identity 10

Experiencing oneself as a Christian

The Sacrament of the Examined Life 25

Experiencing oneself as a disciple

The Sacrament of the Spirit 37

Experiencing oneself as a prophet

The Sacrament of the Flesh 53

Experiencing the priesthood of Baptism

The Sacrament of Stewardship 68

Experiencing the giftedness of accountability Acknowledging responsibility for the reign of God

A Birdseye Review 84

The Empty Tomb 105

Appendix: What Is Mortal Sin? 114

Endnotes 121

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