Jesus Freak

NonfictionReligion & SpiritualityChristian lifeChurch workConverts

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About this book

"I came late to Christianity," writes Sara Miles, "knocked upside down by a mid-life conversion centered around eating a literal chunk of bread. I hadn't decided to profess an article of doctrine, but discovered a force blowing uncontrollably through the world." In this new book, Sara Miles tells what happened when she decided to follow the flesh and blood Jesus by doing something real. For everyone afraid to feed hungry strangers, love the unlovable, or go to dark places to bless and heal, she offers hope. 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. 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. 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."The EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices.

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NonfictionReligion & SpiritualityChristian lifeChurch workConvertsFood banks

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Setting

United StatesSan FranciscoCalifornia

About the author

Sara Miles

1952

This author is currently well disambiguated and sources point to that she wrote all 7 books linked here (take this bread, jesus freak, city of god, how to hack, opposite sex, native dancer, ordinary women)