The picture above is the author's copy of my dad's new book! The book is due out in August. I have already started reading through it this morning and I love it so far. He discusses the religiously pluralistic culture that Jesus lived in & the many ways it resembles the culture we live in today. Then he points out the different ways Jesus loved, interacted with, and taught people from all different backgrounds and religious viewpoints. All throughout he examines our modern culture and the way that Jesus would interact with each one of us. He challenges us to love and interact with people in real and unique ways. So far super practical and incredibly enlightening.
My dad just so happens to live it. He loves people in ways that are unique to their values and background. He talks about deer & elk with the hunters (even though he has only shot one deer ever, and it was in the leg). He performs weddings and funerals (at no cost) for people that have never stepped into a church. He spends time with the Boy Scout dad's, the talented & gifted, the societal "odd-balls", the socially awkward, the CEO's, the churched, the unchurched. He listens really well; so well that it is hard to get him to leave any get-together. He asks excellent questions that get to the core. He is genuinely intrigued by every single person that he encounters. And he knows how to love people well. I am an incredibly lucky lady to have such a father.
