The direction of joy isn't always up. Often to be joyful we must go down - down through the noise of racing thoughts, down through swirling chaos of circumstances, down through the deceptive appearances of life, down into the still waters and green pastures of the heart's core.

— Mike Mason (b. 1952), Christlicher Schriftsteller und Autor

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Mike Mason

Mike Mason (* 1952) ist ein kanadischer christlicher Schriftsteller und Theologe, der seit den 1980er-Jahren geistliche und meditative Literatur im evangelikalen Raum verfasst. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch Werke wie „The Mystery of Marriage“ und „The Gospel According to Job“, in denen er menschliche Beziehungen als geistliches Geheimnis sowie die theologische Auseinandersetzung mit Leid und Glaubensprüfungen thematisiert. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften kontemplative Reflexionen über Hingabe, Gnade und Gottes Treue in Lebenskrisen.

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