The Book
So…a book. Perfectly legitimate questions would be, “Why did you think another book needed to be written?” and “In the world of commercialized Christianity, isn’t there more than enough stuff to ‘help’ me grow in my walk with Jesus and be more effective in the life I should live?”
For certain … my hesitancy to add more “stuff” to the shelves of bookstores, coffee tables, and Amazon’s website caused me to turn off my computer more than once. However, as a reader and a leader, I am tired of reading about how poor much of the world is and how poorly the Western Church is doing. (It’s pretty easy to get an audience by being constantly critical.) Instead, I want someone to paint a different picture. I want to read something that motivates me with the vision of a different, and very possible, reality. I want something to move toward, not just away from. I want to read something transformational, not guilt-driven behaviour modification. I want someone to help me be part of the solution, not just the problem. So … more than once, I picked up my computer again and kept writing.
The book that resulted is an extension of the message and mandate of the work of Hungry For Life International. With a passion and renewed purpose to expand our impact, this book is intended to simply compare and contrast what is against what could be. Targeting the Western churches, but more specifically those who influence them, my purpose is to spark personal spiritual transformation that results in a different global social reality.
Writing a book makes you feel vulnerable (at least it did me), especially when the financial risk at least equals the emotional risk. Regardless of the commercial market metrics that will tell us whether or not this book has been “successful,” I will be thrilled to one day hear a story that, out of sheer boredom, some young person picked up a dusty copy from their parent’s shelf and was transformed by the truth that God’s glory and the injustice of needless suffering was far more important than their own comfort.
To order a copy you can call the Hungry For Life office at 604-703-0223, from Blessings Christian Marketplace or Amazon.
The following are links to media interviews with Dave:
Today’s Family with Beth Warden
The following are links to various book reviews:
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