We finish our current worship series, Doubt, on Sunday June 23. We were guided along the way by Adam Hamilton’s book, Wrestling with Doubt, Finding Faith.
Our companion book for our new worship series beginning on Sunday, June 30, is Personhood: The Art of Being Fully Human, by Leo Buscaglia, PhD.
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia (March 31, 1924 – June 12, 1998) spent his early childhood in Aosta, Italy, according to Wikipedia. But as an adult, he was known as “Dr. Love.”
Professor Buscaglia earned this title by his passion for offering insight to others as an author, motivational speaker, and professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California.
The Professor was known for introducing himself on elevators. With his back to the door he would say something like, “This might be the only chance I’ll ever get to meet you and I don’t want to miss this chance.”
In Personhood, Buscaglia offers an historic view of the ethical principles guiding our common humanity. He emphasizes our individual responsibilities, through our own uniqueness, for completing our contribution to a vast universal tapestry. The full actualization of the world depends on yours and my self-actualization. Therefore, the challenge facing all of us is to work at being fully human.
We’ll have a limited number of copies of Personhood. But copies are available through most book retailers and libraries. The price on Amazon as of the publication of this article is $13.99 for paperback, published in 1986. Used copies are available for under $10.00. The original hardcover, published 10 years earlier sells for just over $6.00.
Here is the schedule of chapters for our Human Series:
| June 30 | Chapters Intro-I |
| July 7 | Chapter II |
| July 14 | Chapter III |
| July 21 | Chapter IV (through Connectiveness) |
| July 28 | Chapter IV & V |
Our Book Club does not meet as a group. However, our weekly messages reference that week’s chapters. You can anticipate spoiler alerts unless you keep up with the pace. You can purchase your own copy or visit your local library.
You can contact our office with questions, by phone or simply type your question or enter a prayer request on our website’s homepage — FlintAsburyChurch.org.
Pastor Tommy
Leo Buscaglia. Personhood: The Art of Being Fully Human. NY: Random House,1986.