The
Spirit Searches Everything
Keeping Life's Questions
In this thoughtful and informative book, Frederick Borsch explores life's "big questions." In an inquisitive and pastoral voice, Borsch takes on the matters of thinking, awareness, the fundamental quality of creation, the possibility of a Spirit of life that underlies it all, good, evil, and meaning. With openness and honesty about the roles such questions have played in his own life as a husband, parent, teacher, and bishop, borsch invites readers to engage the questions in their own life stories.
see Powerpoint presentation: "Recent Cosmological Discoveries:Questions and Answers" by Professor Scott Dodelson, Head Theoretical Astrophysics Group Fermilab (note: this files takes a few minutes to load)
The
Magic Word
Stirrings and Stories of Faith and Ministry
Bishop Fred Borsch weaves the many strands of his multi-textured interest and responsibilities into a highly readable text. Racially, linguistically, and economically, the Diocese of Los Angeles and its administration prompt reflection for the future of other cities and churches in the nation. Borsch's archive-memoir forms a gorgeous tapestry of political and social commentary, prayerful reflections on highly contentious areas of Los Angeles life, musings, meditations, and memories of acute self-awareness. Borsch brilliantly uses the narrative form of the essay, poetry, and historical research in this manifold description of the life of a bishop. He manages to give sense of the dailiness, of routine, as well as the problematics of an enormous, complex diocese. The richness of this bishop's tenure is rendered in writing that is profound, informative, sometimes comic, often wrenching. Borsch has given both Episcopalians and others who ponder the theology of daily life much to reflect upon and enjoy.
Outrage
and Hope
A Bishop's Reflections in Times of Change and Challenge
In Outrage and Hope, Bishop Borsch offers a thoughtful Christian's response to the challenges of a complex age. In direct, approachable style, he establishes the essential link between private faith and the public world. Pastor and prophet, he grounds his wisdom in a profound love of both God and humankind.
Hodding
Carter
Knight Professor of Journalism, University of Maryland
Fred Borsch is at his best when he's telling stories about his own life and aspirations -- the time when he was in a plane crash; his trip to El Salvador; the time his car broke down on the way to the dedication of a new church. If there is an overarching message in the book, it is that we need not agree with each other in order to love each other, nor must we be alike in order to rejoice in the divine paternity which is ours in common. Fred Borsch is a man who genuinely loves all of God's children, and it shows.
Steven
B. Sample
President, University of Southern California
Fred Borsch is a columnist disguised as a bishop. As a former editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times I stand in awe of his ability to combine a scrap of story, a few well-chosen facts, and just the right line of scripture in a call to moral action or reflection that somehow never leaves the reader feeling morally snubbed. I plan to read carefully and plagiarize shamelessly.
Jack
Miles
Contributing
editor, The Atlantic Monthly, and
Director, Humanities Center, Claremont Graduate School
Many
Things in Parables
Extravagant Stories of New Community
"A very refreshing and helpful book. . . . The work of Borsch informs and engages. The preacher looking for sound exegesis of the parables in the service of proclamation will find the work of Borsch to be one of the best, if not the very best, available in the field."
-Arland
J. Hultgren
Luther Northwestern Seminary
"Borsch's skillful use of illustrations [helps] bridge the gulf between our experience and what we hear in the parables. ... I commend this book as a wonderful introduction to the parables. It would make a good textbook for either school or parish. Preachers will find much to stimulate their meditation."
-Rodney
A. Whitacre
Trinity Episcopal
School for Ministry
COPYRIGHT © 1988-2006 BY FREDERICK HOUK BORSCH All rights reserved.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material by the author: Crowley Publications, Cathedral Center Press, Trinity Press International, Fortress Press