About the Author: James Autry

James A. Autry: Author James Autry is the author of ten published books, the most recent (2007) of which is Looking Around for God. In this highly personal book he considers his unique life of faith and belief in a God often clouded by church convention. In 2006 he published his ninth book, The Book of Hard Choices,
  • By Published On: January 6, 2009

    Autry, writer and poet, business executive, and son and grandson of Mississippi Baptist ministers, thinks that the true message of the old spiritual is not just that God has an eye on the sparrow. It's that God is demonstrating that if these details are worth God's attention, they are certainly worth ours. It may be that we will more readily find God in the details of this world, and of our own lives, than anywhere else. Looking Around for God, Autry's tenth book, is in many ways his most personal, as he considers his unique life of faith and belief in a God often clouded by church convention. In assembling these personal essays, stories and poems, Autry shares how God has been revealed in many different circumstances of his life, and he offers a few ideas for how the Christian church might better serve in making God's love and presence manifest in the world.