Slow Kingdom Coming: Practices For Doing Justice, Loving Mercy And Walking Humbly In The World

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No one said pursuing justice would be easy. The road can be so challenging and the destination so distant that you may be discouraged by a lack of progress, compassion or commitment in your quest for justice. How do you stay committed to the journey when God's kingdom can seem so slow in coming? Kent Annan understands the struggle of working for justice over the long haul. He confesses, "Over the past twenty years, I've succumbed to various failed shortcuts instead of living the freedom of faithful practices." In this book, he shares practices he has learned that will encourage and help you to keep making a difference in the face of the world's challenging issues. All Christians are called to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly in the world. Slow Kingdom Coming will guide and strengthen you on this journey to persevere until God's kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven.

Paperback: 149 pages

Publisher: IVP Books (May 14, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0830844554

ISBN-13: 978-0830844555

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.2 inches

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Soundbite:“Awakening to justice…involves listening to other people’s lives…We practice awakening to justice by choosing who we talk with, what stories we read, what trips we take…That opens people’s eyes to educational challenges and also pulls back the curtain on big systemic issues of wealth, poverty, government representations, and race that many of them didn’t know in-depth before. Part of this practice of attention involves asking ourselves, What breaks my heart? In the world, my country or my neighborhood, what makes me angry because it should be better? Questions like these can awaken our attention for how we are called to serve the Kingdom…We are accountable for the responsibilities we are trusted with, not for all the needs around us” (Kent Annan, Slow Kingdom Coming: Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, and Walking Humbly in the World, Intervarsity Press, 2016, pp. 30-32, 35).Review:Kent Annan has been committed to justice ministries for 25 years. During that time, he says “I’ve been paralyzed by the complexity of trying to help others. I’ve huddled in bed during daylight because of sadness and discouragement. I’ve rushed to get good things done and so didn’t treat people as well as I should. I’m still confessing regularly my faults and longing to better participate in justice—that God’s Kingdom would come on earth as it is in Heaven. I confess that I wish this weren’t such a slow kingdom coming” (Kent Annan, Slow Kingdom Coming: Practices for Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, and Walking Humbly in the World, Intervarsity Press, 2016, p. 9).

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