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Paradise is a garden. . .but heaven is a city. From the acclaimed author of Take This Bread and Jesus Freak comes a powerful new account of venturing beyond the borders of religion into the unpredictable territory of faith. On Ash Wednesday, 2012, Sara Miles and her friends left their church buildings and carried ashes to the buzzing city streets: the crowded dollar stores, beauty shops, hospital waiting rooms, street corners and fast-food joints of her neighborhood. They marked the foreheads of neighbors and strangers, sharing blessings with waitresses and drunks, believers and doubters alike. City of God narrates the events of the day in vivid detail, exploring the profound implications of touching strangers with a reminder of common mortality. As the story unfolds, Sara Miles also reflects on life in her city over the last two decades, where the people of God suffer and rejoice, building community amid the grit and beauty of this urban landscape. City of God is a beautifully written personal narrative, rich in complex, real-life characters, and full of the wild, funny, joyful, raucous, reverent moments of struggle and faith that have made Miles one of the most enthralling Christian writers of our time.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown & Company
ISBN-139781455547302
eBay Product ID (ePID)208959142
Product Key Features
Book TitleCity of God: Faith in the Streets
AuthorSara Miles
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTheology, Christianity
Publication Year2015
Dimensions
Item Height203mm
Item Width132mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSara Miles
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States