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Justice in the Burbs: Being the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live - eBookBaker / 2007 / ePub
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Have questions about eBooks? Check out our eBook FAQs. Product DescriptionIn the suburban world of nice homes, neat lawns, and new cars, it can be easy to forget about social justice. Life keeps us busy, and the poor and disenfranchised of our world are invisible as we go from our garage to our workplace and back again. But suburbanites can be a force for social justice in the world.
In this unique book, you will take a journey with a young couple from the burbs as they learn to notice and act on the issues of justice that abound everywhere. This engaging narrative will help you kiss apathy and ignorance good-bye in favor of a life of concern and action. Product Information
Publisher's DescriptionIn the suburban world of nice homes, neat lawns, and new cars, it can be easy to forget about social justice issues. Life keeps us busy, and the poor and disenfranchised of our world are invisible as we go from our garage to our workplace and back again. But suburbanites can be a force for social justice in the world.
In this unique book, readers will take a journey with a young couple from the 'burbs as they learn to notice and act on the issues of justice that abound no matter where you live. This engaging narrative helps readers kiss apathy and ignorance goodbye in favor of a life of concern and action in order to help our fellow human beings. Author BioPublisher's WeeklyAward-winning Christian novelist Lisa Samson (Songbird; Quaker Summer) and her
husband, sociology doctoral student Will Samson, intertwine fiction and
nonfiction in this challenging and inspiring book about justice. Lisa Samson's
novella features the Marshalls, a suburban family with all the accoutrements:
Matt climbs the corporate ladder, Christine cares for their three children,
and both are busy with numerous church leadership positions. One day, Matt and
Christine visit an inner-city mission, and their ideas about how they should
be living gradually but dramatically change. The nonfiction portion of the
book examines the issues these characters (and most of the book's readership)
face. The Samsons talk about why God cares what we eat, where we live, how
much electricity we use and to whom we minister. Astonishingly, the authors
manage to do this without hitting a sanctimonious note. On the contrary, they
repeatedly highlight the heartbreak and complexity of what they refer to as
"thinking and living in keeping with God's heartbeat of justice" and
frequently acknowledge their own struggles and failures. The Samsons include
short meditations at the end of each chapter written by a variety of Christian
authors, as well as a series of helpful discussion questions at the end.
(Aug.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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