Jesus in the Margins: Finding God in the Places We Ignore
by Rick Mckinley
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Author: Rick MckinleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01-20
ISBN: 1590523873
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Multnomah Books
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Book Review: Eloquent words for the disillusioned about christianity
Summary: 4 Stars
Rick does a nice job of tying in this theme of "the margins" throughout this book. I think there are ALOT of people in the church and out of the church who can relate to this, and here in Portland Rick is really what this town needs.
Most of this book is not new for a person who has been a Christ follower and has traversed some of this path. But there are still some gems of observation in there that are really valuable and a relief to hear them spoken out.
For example, he talks about people whose fathers were pretty emotionally or physically absent, and how this stands in the way of conceiving that there would be a God that would care on a personal level.
But he doesn't take the personal thing so far without acknowledging limitations to America's "individual centered" church...where each person in the family goes for their own ministry to "get what they need". Like the youth group that never joins "real church" where the grownups are.
I appreciated his gentle naming of the churches hypocrisies. People who read the bible daily and do all the right things to be a Christian, but somehow their heart still doesn't have it down. Or the people who proclaim Christ, but they "aren't going to stop sleeping with their girlfriend". And then wonder why we kinda get stuck in a place with no spiritual growth.
I appreciated his honesty about how it can be difficult to know what to do after becoming a Christian, and how we can pass through different phases of understanding our own faith.
It is a good book for the newer Christ follower, or a person on the fence about it. It shows a much easier to deal Christianity than the Swaggart and Robertson/700 Club variety, which effectively keeps away most post modern generation from seriously looking at Christianity.
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