Wild by Nature: True Stories of Adventure and Faith

While there is no historical evidence that Jesus ever went rappelling, skydiving, rock climbing or scuba diving, some contemporary practitioners of those sports claim to feel his spirit with them as they dare to conquer nature. In : True Stories of Adventure and Faith, travel writer and danger aficionado Tom Morrisey presents ""nine true adventures"" that have enriched his spiritual life. After each heart-pounding story, Morrisey settles into biblical teachings that relate (sometimes rather tenuously) to the adventure. The drama here is in the tales of Morrisey's exploits with bears, racecars, motorcycles and the like, and not in the Bible studies that seem tacked on as an afterthought. ( Apr.)