Jesus Freak: Feeding Healing Raising the Dead
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (689 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470481668 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"a sacrament disguised as a book" according to John P. Plummer. Sara Miles, former restaurant cook and war correspondent, established herself as one of the most engaging and inspiring voices in contemporary Christianity with the account of her conversion, Take This Bread. In this much anticipted new book, she takes us further into her ministry at St Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. She asks what it would mean for us if lived as if we - and our neighbors - were Jesus. "It's actually pretty straightforward, Jesus says. Heal the sick. Cast out demons. Cleanse the lepers. *You* give the people something to eat. *You* have the authority to forgive sins. Raise . Kevin L. Nenstiel said Jesus Everywhere We Go. Sara Miles' memoir of living the word of Christ is the kind of frank, forthright challenge that many Christians need to get us out of our self-satisfied funk. She shows us that, far from being a set of tenets to believe, Jesus gives us the hope of a new and transformed life. And that life has played out in her by giving her new friends, new hope, and something meaningful to live for.As detailed in her previous book, Take This Bread, Miles came to Christ late in life. But when she did, she dared to hope that the words of Jesus and the apostles were more than metaphors: maybe we are literally meant to feed the hu. Rev Casey said Liberal, Lyrical and Moving. Sara Miles shares her obsession with living like Jesus among the sidelined people of America. A self-described "Jesus Freak," Sara oversees The Food Pantry of St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco, CA. She shares numerous stories of encountering the presence of God in people many well-adjusted Americans might just as soon ignore.Miles writes moving, lyrical prose while celebrating the miraculous appearance of God's kingdom in the most chaotic of persons. She's a storyteller, and she's at her best when telling stories about The Food Pantry. Sara certainly swims in a more theologically liberal cu
She holds out the promise of a God who gave a bunch of housewives and fishermen authority to forgive sins and raise the dead, and who continues to call us to action. Jesus Freak: Feeding Healing Raising the Dead is her inspiring book for undomesticated Christians who still believe, as she writes, "that Jesus has given us the power to be Jesus.". And she tells, in vivid, heartbreakingly honest stories, how the ordinary people around her are transformed by taking up God's work in the world.Sara Miles offers a fresh, fully embodied faith that sweeps away the anxious formulas of religion to reveal the scandalous power of eating with sinners, embracing the unclean, and loving the wrong people. "I came late to Christianity," writes Sara Miles, "knocked upside down by a mid-life conversion centered around eating a literal chunk of bread. For everyone afraid to feed hungry strangers, love the unlovable, or go to dark places to bless and heal, she offers hope. I hadn't decided to profess an article of doctrine, but discovered a force blowing uncontrollably through the world."In this new book, Sara M
All rights reserved. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Illuminating the challenges of diversity, Miles testifies as a gay Christian claimed by Jesus as an integral part of his body and a Jesus freak among secular friends. Miles's obvious homiletic gifts infuse the narrative: startling metaphors (Jesus as promiscuous Boyfriend who'll go with anyone) combine with honest self-reflection and a wry sense of humor, prodding the reader to take ownership of Christ's commands to serve, feed, and heal. Gregory's mission. . G