maigahannatu's reviews
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This is a book about a church community that is essential a legalistic cult. Everyone is to be under authority.... But maybe not the pastors. It was well written and the main character was endearing.

The brief summary of the book is to leave our comfortable pews and get involved in sharing the gospel with our community, in understanding our culture, and helping to meet needs. I don't agree with everything, but there was plenty to challenge me. My main problem with the book was that it was so long. The chapter lengths made me feel that I would never finish. I didn't find them book overly engaging even though the message of it is worth thinking about.

Skye Jethani addresses the subject of prayer, addressing topics in three or four page segments. He talks about what prayer is and isn't, keeping it simple and increasing, how we work with God in prayer, learning to pray, and how prayer changes how you see the world. The parts of the six sections could be read as a daily devotional or you could read a section at a time. I appreciated this reminder that prayer isn't just talking to God, it is being in a relationship with both of us communing with each other.

This is an important book for all missions and missionaries working in high risk contexts. The author explains a theology of risk, describes cross-cultural risk, speaks to common misunderstandings about risk, and details how to create a risk plan. I appreciated much she had to see, and felt gratified to see that or mission is doing most of what she recommends. However, I found the book to be overly long and in need of some editing as many sentences just weren't structured well. I found it quite boring in places and at times it was tough to keep going.