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The weight of mercy : a novice pastor on the city streets
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Electronic Resources
Title:
The weight of mercy : a novice pastor on the city streets
ISBN:
9780857212290
Edition:
1st edition
Publication:
Oxford, UK ; Grand Rapids, MI : Monarch Books, [2012]
Physical Description:
288 pages ; 20 cm
Summary:
"For 27 years Deb was a journalist in the Deep South. Then she retrained as a Baptist pastor, and accepted a post at a run-down inner-city church where the homeless gathered. It was a shock. Gradually she learned whom she could trust--and whom she couldn't. Sometimes the best person to handle a situation was a drug addict. Sometimes Jesus had the face of a prostitute. All were fiercely welcomed into this bewildering church family. Full of color and incident, Deb's story is a testament to messy grace and the presence of the Spirit in the hard places of the world."--P. [4] of cover.
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