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Professional Summary
Author of Divine Nobodies and Wide Open Spaces
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Jim Palmer posted a blog entry Aug 7, 2011
Are you worth it? (the promises of transformation)
So, I’ve been thinking about personal transformation in my own life and the lives of those I coach. In 2005 I began shedding religion to find God and wrote two books about my journey: Divine Nobodies, and Wide Open Spaces. Shedding religion led to a deconstruction of my personal identity as I... more »
Jim Palmer posted a blog entry Aug 5, 2011
The path of transformation is paved with difficult questions
Socrates said, “One question can be more instructive than a thousand answers.” With that in mind, here are some questions I’ve been asking lately that seem to guiding me along the path of transformation:
What really matters to me?
Where in my life are things not working?
What are... more »
Jim Palmer posted a blog entry Aug 4, 2011
Letting you decide (is my next book unChristian?)
In 2006 I published Divine Nobodies and then Wide Open Spaces in ‘07. After Wide Open Spaces, I signed a 2-book contract with a Christian publishing house and then had my contract canceled after submitting my manuscript on the first book, Jim of Nashville. Though Jesus was at the center of the... more »
Jim Palmer posted a blog entry Aug 1, 2011
a brief human lament (in search of the Office of Humanity)
This morning I woke up not liking… not wanting my humanity… at least Jim’s humanity. Jim’s humanity is wearing Jim out. Can I trade my humanity in for someone else’s? I don’t like a lot of how my humanity turned out. Where is the Office of Humanity anyway? Do you... more »
Jim Palmer posted a blog entry Jul 24, 2011
What if God is bigger than religion?
“But what if God isn’t a belief system? What if God is bigger than self, bigger than family, bigger than tribe, bigger than nation, bigger than religion and any set of doctrines we try to wrap around him?” Jim Palmer, Wide Open Spaces
“If anything have been made abundantly... more »
Jim Palmer posted a blog entry Jul 21, 2011
Can we flip the script of religion?
What if we could flip the script on religion? Rather than religion being a source of division and disharmony in the world, what if religion could promote and empower the oneness of all humanity? What if we could tap into a unity that runs through the diversity of all our beliefs and understandings... more »
