Slow Kingdom Coming (eBook)

Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy and Walking Humbly in the World

Kent Annan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016 | 1. Auflage
149 Seiten
IVP (Verlag)
978-0-8308-9998-2 (ISBN)

Infos

- 14th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year, Social Justice No one said pursuing justice would be easy.The road can be so challenging and the destination so distant that you may be discouraged by a lack of progress, compassion or commitment in your quest for justice. How do you stay committed to the journey when God's kingdom can seem so slow in coming?Kent Annan understands the struggle of working for justice over the long haul. He confesses, 'Over the past twenty years, I've succumbed to various failed shortcuts instead of living the freedom of faithful practices.' In this book, he shares practices he has learned that will encourage and help you to keep making a difference in the face of the world's challenging issues.All Christians are called to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly in the world. Slow Kingdom Coming will guide and strengthen you on this journey to persevere until God's kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven.

Kent Annan is author of Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle and codirector of Haiti Partners.

Autor

Kent Annan (MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is a writer, speaker and co-director of Haiti Partners, a nonprofit focused on education in Haiti. He is the author of After Shock and Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle and has spent fifteen years working with people in difficult situations around the world, including in Europe with refugees and in Haiti. Kent is on the board of directors of Equitas Group, a philanthropic foundation focused on ending child exploitation in Haiti and Southeast Asia. His writing has appeared in publications including Christianity Today, Utne Reader, Subtropics, Geez, Adbusters, The Sun, Orion and Sojourners. One of his essays was cited as a "Notable Essay" in the Best American Essays series and he wrote a chapter for the book Global Perspectives on the Bible. He has been featured on national TV and radio shows. Speaking regularly to groups around the country, Kent also teaches adult education at his local church. He travels to Haiti regularly from Florida, where he lives with his wife Shelly and their two children.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.4.2016
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Accountability • activism • attention • burned out • Burnout • Charity • Christian • Church • Commitment • Compassion • Confession • God’s Kingdom • Haiti Partners:Christian living • Justice • Kingdom Come • Micah • Micah 6 • Micah 6:8 • Missionary • missions • Nonprofit • Partnering • respect • slow kingdom • Social Justice • spiritual disciplines • Spiritual Formation • spiritual practices • Sustainable • truthing
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-9998-7 / 0830899987
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-9998-2 / 9780830899982