Faith and You, Volume 1: 28 Short Essays on Faith in Everyday Life

Terry Pluto

may 2012 · Gray & Company

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“Sometimes I wish my minister would read his column instead of the sermon!” 

That’s the kind of response Plain Dealer columnist Terry Pluto draws from devoted readers of his faith column. Although best known as an award-winning sportswriter, Pluto has also earned a reputation—and a growing audience—for his down-to-earth musings on more spiritual subjects. 

This followup to his first collection, “Everyday Faith,” offers 28 all-new thoughtful essays on faith in everyday life—practical topics such as choosing a church, lending money to friends, dealing with jerks, sharing your faith, visiting the sick, even planning a funeral. 

Perhaps it’s because Pluto doesn’t claim to have the answers that so many readers are drawn to his writing. 

“Real faith writing should be about real life,” Pluto says. “I write as much about my failures as my triumphs, because that is what a life of faith is about. It’s often as much suffering as celebration, with lots of mundane, everyday stuff in between. I write for people who may have been hurt by someone in church, people who have been discouraged by one who claimed to speak for God . . . I write for people who have found contentment in their faith but want a deeper relationship with God.” 

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Terry Pluto is a faith and sports columnist for The Plain Dealer. He has twice been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the nation’s top sports columnist for medium-sized newspapers. He is a nine-time winner of the Ohio Sports Writer of the Year award and has received more than 50 state and local writing awards. He has also won an Amy award for his faith writing. He and his wife, Roberta, help lead weekly prison ministry services at Summit County Jail; they also do volunteer work at Haven of Rest City Mission in Akron.