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On June 27, 2009, I joined the 15+ million Americans who were unemployed or underemployed. . . I was left with my family, my faith, a bunch of degrees, and a lot of experience. . . Without my VP title, staff, and expense account--who was I? And where was God calling me on my journey of faith? I was about to find out."" --Timothy Mullner Are you unemployed? Underemployed? Join Timothy Mullner on his sometimes-rocky journey of renewed faith after unexpectedly losing his job. In seeking to make sense of his experience while he was out of work, Mullner wrote prayers that helped form the foundation of this book. A Spiritual Guide for the Unemployed also offers meditations and questions for you to consider as you seek God anew in your search for new work. A foreword written by Ronald Rohlheiser, OMI, eloquently introduces the work. ...As I read Timothy Mullner's A Spiritual Guide for the Unemployed, two phrases kept coming to mind: A symptom suffers most when it doesn't know its identity. And: Not everything can be fixed or cured, but it should be named properly. Using a mixture of poetry and prose, Timothy Mullner names well what happens to us when we find ourselves unemployed. As a physician of the soul, he skillfully connects our symptoms to their real root. Beyond that, he offers valuable prescriptions to help turn the pain of humiliation into renewed personal depth and peace of soul. A Spiritual Guide for the Unemployed is a valuable and much-needed book. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI Paperback

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One of 15,000,000--I was fired from a job once. But there were plenty of other jobs and I got a better one. Timothy Mullner, the author of A Spiritual Guide for the Unemployed, lost his position with a Fortune 500 company in June 2009, and times are tough. Mullner has a doctor of ministry degree so he uses stories and reflections in these 126 pages as a guide to help the reader identify feelings and get past the haunting question Who am I? He uses tips like his Top 10 List for Finding Your Way through Unemployment, and ideas to spark journaling. His philosophy is upbeat yet not obnoxious. Mullner says life-after-unemployment is created one day at a time, one phone call at a time, and one conversation at a time. That's how the Holy Spirit works. Father Ron Rolheiser wrote the foreword.-- (09/25/2011)

One of 15,000,000--I was fired from a job once. But there were plenty of other jobs and I got a better one. Timothy Mullner, the author of A Spiritual Guide for the Unemployed, lost his position with a Fortune 500 company in June 2009, and times are tough. Mullner has a doctor of ministry degree so he uses stories and reflections in these 126 pages as a guide to help the reader identify feelings and get past the haunting question Who am I? He uses tips like his Top 10 List for Finding Your Way through Unemployment, and ideas to spark journaling. His philosophy is upbeat yet not obnoxious. Mullner says life-after-unemployment is created one day at a time, one phone call at a time, and one conversation at a time. That's how the Holy Spirit works. Father Ron Rolheiser wrote the foreword.-- Catholic New World (9/25/2011 12:00:00 AM)

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Timothy Mullner holds a doctor of ministry degree from the Graduate Theological Foundation in Indiana, a master of ministry degree in spirituality from Seattle University, and a bachelor of arts degree in religious studies from the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. He is married, has three adult sons, and lives in Seattle. Reverend Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, a well-known author and columnist, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. He is a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He is an internationally recognized community-builder, retreat director, and author.

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