Publisher's Synopsis
""But faith in Christ calls us out of solitary pursuits. Faith in Christ calls us to proclaim Christ where the hurt is the worst, where despair is the deepest, where hope has never been born. We can't sit under our telescope or at our desk and respond fully to Christ. We have to feel the brokenness around us. We have to be touched, even wounded by it" (15). Thomas Willadsen challenges his readers to look at Christ's sacrifice for us in a new way, to feel the brokenness and challenges that He suffered for us. The challenge of being a Christian is that it is not always easy to spread the good news of God's love for us. However, Willadsen points out that this call to spread Christianity has its rewards, even if we do not realize them at first. "You may discover that you have interests and abilities you didn't realize. You will make new friends and deepen existing friendships. You will learn-I insist on that! -and you will be given opportun
