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A Book of Secular Prayer
Meditations on Mystery, Magic, and Denial
by James B. Gordon
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Secular Prayer proposes a playful tension between God and atheism, absurdity and the serious, knowledge and wonder, life and death. This short book is a playground in which to explore Mystery, Magic, and Denial. It is an invitation to step away from categories and certainty; to fall into grace. You won't find answers; instead, the author challenges us to pose better questions and to interrogate our lives and our world on a deeper level. With the vulnerability of a child, Secular Prayer offers philosophical meditations and poetic soliloquies that invite us to embrace mystery in our lives.
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About James B. Gordon
Jim Gordon was a kind and gentle man who could be both nerdy and prolific with puns. He experienced magic and beauty in the human language beyond what most of us ever feel. He saw connections and patterns in science and nature and the world at large, that were far above what most people ever noticed. He never stopped questioning the mysteries of life while never settling for simple answers or the usual dogma that so many religions ask of us.
His career spanned the early decades of computers and over time he was a pioneer in the fields of artificial intelligence including a stint as the Director for the Oklahoma Center for Artificial Intelligence. Yet for all his work and accolades in computers and AI, he read and explored voraciously topics like: religion, philosophy, and theology for most of his life.
Near the end of his life, he once commented: "If Starman and Forest Gump had a child it would be me, StarGump!" He kept a childlike mind that most of us lose as we "grow up." This book reflects the many disciplines he studied over the decades in his search for truth and knowledge.
He was married for nearly 60 years to the love of his life, Ruth Gordon. He was a father to David Gordon who helped edit this book in Jim's final years. He was preceded in death by his son, Michael "Mickey" in 1976.
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