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The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor
[Buy it!] | Scott A. Bessenecker | USD 6.18
(Sun Jun 2 15:44:20 2024) | Abebooks | Book Express (NZ) | ISBN10: 0830836012, ISBN13: 9780830836017, [publisher: InterVarsity Press] Softcover 199 pages. Finalist, Fourth Annual Outreach Resource of the Y ear (2006) n nVows-exclusive promises or commitments-are almost u nheard of these days. They're considered a quaint relic of times past when open options were not such highly regarded virtues. But many people in this commitment-averse culture are begging for so meone to set the bar higher, to call them to higher levels of dev otion. n nAcross the ages God has consistently attracted a few in every crowd who would make and keep vows, and called them to sti ck out, act out and speak out. n nIn The New Friars Scott Bessene cker profiles young Christians who have voluntarily removed thems elves from the status quo in order to seek justice and mercy with the poorest of the world's poor. These new friars are carrying o n the work of the monastic tradition, the spirit of Francis and C lare of Assisi, St. Patrick and St. Brigid, the Jesuits and Nesto rians and Moravians. n nThe New Friars will show you that with Go d all things-even uncommon acts of courageous faith-are possible. n nEditorial Reviews n nScott Bessenecker has taken the risk (or fallen to the temptation!) of putting words to a stirring of the Spirit that is both fresh and ancient. His brilliant work is a c elebration of the new things God is doing, while locating these m ovements humbly throughout church history, as the simple renewals that the Spirit seems to bring over and over on the margins of e mpires and markets that threaten to infect and colonize the Chris tian identity. But be careful neither to hail these ragamuffin di sciples as celebrities or to dismiss them as saints. Rather, allo w their lives to challenge us to rethink what it means to be Chri stian. After all, the very fact that they seem radical or odd may only be an indictment on the sort of Christianity we have become accustomed to. n- Shane Claiborne n nWarning, The New Friars wil l be hazardous to your suburbanite soup kitchen mentality! . . . This book gives a convincing call to become a part of this moveme nt. n- Marcus W. Dean n nBessenecker offers his readers a clear c all to action and describes the kind of commitment it requires. A nd he even tells the rest of us what small steps we might take to move a little way toward simpler, more responsible living. n- Ke n Badley n nThis book needs a warning label: Beware, dangerous to your health, your service, your life. No one who reads this book is left unscathed, untouched or unanswerable. Nothing is spared- -the limit of one's perspective on poverty, the reality and pain of sin, and the wrestling with one's own lifestyle from a multicu ltural, historical and biblical framework. This book is an import ant read for all persons serious about mission and requires praye r, reflection and discussion. n- Deborah Dortzbach n nScott Besse necker captures the joyful energy of all these young adults who a re setting aside comfort and privilege in favor of meaning and im pact, and places their radical commitment to loving the poor in t he context of the church's historic commitment to positively tran sforming the world. If you haven't yet encountered the new friars , don't miss this chance to visit the cutting edge of the kingdom of God. n- Bart Campolo
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2008] |
