Synopses & Reviews
“God writes straight with crooked lines.” This old Spanish saying captures the tortuous path Greg Garrett took through intense depression and a suicide attempt–into the grace that brought him sanity and a life of service to those he wanted to leave behind. An edgy and engaging spiritual autobiography, Crossing Myself chronicles one man’s dramatic transformation from despairing depressive to joyful servant. An award-winning author and English professor, Greg Garrett crosses himself–in symbolic gesture as well as profound psychological and spiritual reversal–to reveal a redemptive faith. Follow the author’s stirring personal story and discover his stunning insights on this winding road toward spiritual rebirth.
Synopsis
Greg Garrett journeyed through intense depression and even a suicide attempt into the grace that brought him a life of service to others.
This spiritual autobiography can be appreciated by men, women, or teens in its literary style and personal insights of redemptive faith.
Synopsis
In this literary and spiritual journey, Greg Garrett details his life's starts and stops, dead ends, and loopholes to illustrate the power of God's transformative involvement in our lives.
About the Author
Greg Garrett is the author of the novels Free Bird and Cycling (and the forthcoming Sanctuary). His non-fiction works include Holy Superheroes! and The Gospel Reloaded (coauthored with Chris Seay). A winner of the William Faulkner Prize for Fiction, he has published works in journals ranging from from Christianity Today to Utne to Poets and Writers. An award-winning professor at Baylor University, Greg is also a student at Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.