John Perkins
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"Can joy come from suffering? We think of suffering as the worst of all evils. Our culture tells us to avoid it at all costs. But can suffering produce growth in us when we learn to endure it . . . then value it . . . then allow God to redeem it? John Perkins' response to suffering at the hands of a white sheriff in a Mississippi jail became the springboard that God used to put him in front of U.S. presidents, international politicians, and evangelical...
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John Perkins has seen economic meltdowns before--the banking industry collapse, the rising tide of unemployment, the shuttering of businesses are all too familiar symptoms of a far greater disease. As an economic hit man, he was involved in events once confined to the Third World, that have now sent the United States--and in fact the entire planet--spiraling toward disaster. Here, Perkins shows how we've been hoodwinked by the CEOs who run those few...
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Conversations about racism are as important as they are hard for American Christians.
Yet the conversation often gets so ugly, even among the faithful, who claim unity in Jesus. Why is that the case? Why does it matter? Can things get better, or are we permanently divided?
In this honest and hopeful book, pastor Isaac Adams doesn't just show you how to have the race conversation, he begins it for you. By offering a fictional, racially charged tragedy...
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Re-imagine Leading and Following in a World Longing for True Justice, Compassion and Freedom. Followers of Christ yearn to see the world changed in compassionate, positive, effective ways. As prophetic voices, Shane Claiborne and John Perkins lead the way in this move to be the hands, feet, and heart of Jesus. One is young, a self proclaimed reformed redneck who grew up in the hills of Tennessee and now lives in inner city Philadelphia. The other...
38) Kipper helps out
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The visitor: When a gosling visits Kipper unexpectedly, Kipper experiences the joys and frustrations of parenthood. Pig's present: Kipper wants to give Pig the best birthday gift ever - a pet hamster. The butterfly: After chasing a butterfly around the park, Kipper captures it in a jar. The Bleepers: It's Bleepers from outter space! Pig's cousin: Pig and Kipper take Arnold to play in the park. The little ghost: It's a ghost - and it's afraid of Kipper!...
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Among the various lines drawn between people in the church--male and female, young and old, black and white, rich and poor, Republican and Democrat--there is the line between the urban and the suburban. The stereotypes of the edgy, socially active, multicultural urban Christian and the middle-class, comfortable, upwardly mobile suburban Christian mix fact and fiction. Linking Arms, Linking Lives looks beyond stereotypes and makes a compelling case...