"How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?"

So tonights post is about one of the books I mentioned below. I am talking about The Irresistable revolution by Shane Claiborne. I have read this book several times and have thumbed through many more times- often these times are at night when my soul is searching. I recieved the book as a gift from a mentor Sophmore year and the book renewed my faith in Chrisianity. I recently passed the book along to a good friend of mine who I thought would enjoy Claibornes writing.

The book begins with Claiborne reflecting on his childhood growing up in the Bible belt east Tennessee where he says "theres a Church on nearly every street corner". He attended church every Sunday with his family and went to the youth groups that drew the largest crowd. Eventually he began to feel discontent with the church he said "people had taught me what Christians believe, but no one had told me how Christians live,". Frustrated and searching for the truth in Christianity he decided against his mothers wishes and with God by his side to enroll in Estern College in Philidalphia.

Eventually Claiborne's search for a real Christianity leads him to sleeping on the streets with the homless in Philidalphia, saving an abandoned church, working with Mother Theresa in Calcutta and living with Lepers in India.

I highly reccomend this boook. It tells the story of a man just looking to live out an authentic Christian faith. For all the believers, non-believers, the lost and the soul searchers read this book and I promise you wont look at Christianity the same.

Love Love Love, Drea

PS. Read more on it here: http://www.thedubyareport.com/irresistible.html