Experience Rich Mullins's Legacy of Joy and Real Compassion

Beloved contemporary Christian musician Rich Mullins lived his life with abandon for God, leaving the spotlight to teach music among a Navajo community. An accidentcut his life short in 1997, but his songs and ragamuffin spirit continue to teach many.

In honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Rich's homegoing, this edition of Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven delivers an intimate lookat the experiences that sparked praise hits and the values behind his Christ-like candor. James Bryan Smith captures just what Rich wished for when he said, "I hope I would leave a legacy of joy—a legacy of real compassion."

See the layers of his story through reflections from friends and family, an afterword by Rich's brother David Mullins, and Smith's own bond with him. And in remembrance, be inspired to enjoy God's world as Rich did.



James Bryan Smith is the author of The Good and Beautiful Series. He is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, where he also serves as the director of the Apprentice Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation. A founding member of Richard J. Foster's spiritual renewal ministry, Renovaré, Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churches.



Foreword by Brennan Manning



Introduction

1. First Family: Understanding His Roots

2. Creed: Being Made in the Church

3. The Love of God: Encountering the Reckless, Raging Fury

4. Boy Like Me/Man Like You: Trusting in Jesus

5. Calling Out Your Name: Seeing God in the Beauty of Creation

6. Bound to Come Some Trouble: Growing Through Struggle and Pain

7. My One Thing: Finding Freedom in Simplicity

8. Growing Young: Dealing with Sin and Temptation

9. Brother's Keeper: Learning to Love One Another

10. That Where I Am, There You May Also Be: Meditating on Death and the Life to Come



Afterword by David Mullins

Acknowledgments

Spiritual Writings by Rich Mullins: Social Aspects ofthe Beatitudes, Scared of the Dark

Questions for Reflection and Discussion

Notes

Song List