Norma L. BrumbaughFAITH IN THE NIGHT [Quote] | Norma L. Brumbaugh https://www.nlbrumbaugh.com CONNECTING WITH GOD IN EVERYDAY LIFE Thu, 14 May 2026 01:08:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 FAITH IN THE NIGHT [Quote] https://www.nlbrumbaugh.com/quotes/faith-in-the-night/ https://www.nlbrumbaugh.com/quotes/faith-in-the-night/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2017 06:46:46 +0000 Norma L. Brumbaugh https://www.nlbrumbaugh.com/?post_type=quote&p=6281 Quote Post “The ‘two or more of you’ thing isn’t exclusionary, but it does stress the importance of community. Community to support us, and community to help rebuild our faith when it’s shattered by yet another bad thing happening. When you’re alone, things get magnified. They’re happening to you, and in solitude, it’s easy to feel like your own little, hurting world. … It would be easy to feel awfully isolated. But I have a community, and I worked to develop it.”

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Andrew Budek-Schmeisser
Faith in the Night (CreateSpace Publishing, 2016)
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The content in this book is for the person who finds themselves in the middle of any kind of crisis, and it is for the person contemplating or wrestling with the meaning of faith in the context of life events. Faith in The Night covers many of those sticky areas that quite often trip us up, those times when God doesn’t rush in and make everything better when we wish He would or those times when He seems to withhold His blessings from us. This book is part philosophy and part spiritual mixed together as a promise of hope for those in need of it (which is everyone).    
     Andrew Budek-Schmeisser unfolds for us his personal perspectives on God, human suffering, the why, the devil’s gotcha, God’s promises, divine and human miracles, unpretentious prayer, the need for community, and practical suggestions to help people maintain during the hard times. His spiritual take is not the usual, but it makes a lot of sense. I find his views kind, thoughtful, and engaging because he doesn’t cast blame, shame, or voice a whine of regret. He accepts what is. The author promotes the need to engage in life despite or in-spite of negative circumstances.
     What makes this book particularly apropos is Budek-Schmeisser’s own journey of hardship as he chooses life and giving of self while fighting against illness and an encroaching end of life scenario, but for God. Faith in the Night will make you think, and it hits all the right notes. It gets to the point without belaboring the effort.
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