false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255900434m/5291189.jpg 5291189 1 <b>"Preach the Gospel always. Use words if necessary." - St. Francis of Assisi</b><br><br>It's 1998 and Richard Stearns' heart is breaking as he sits in a mud hut and listens to the story of an orphaned child in Rakai, Uganda. His journey to this place took more than a long flight from the United States to Africa. It took answering God's call on his life, a call that hurtled him out of his presidential corner office at Lenox-America's finest tableware company-to this humble corner of Uganda. <br> <br>This is a story of how a corporate CEO faced his own struggle to obey God whatever the cost, and his passionate call for Christians to change the world by actively living out their faith. Using his own journey as an example, Stearns explores the hole that exists in our understanding of the Gospel. <br> <br>Two thousand years ago, twelve people changed the world. Stearns believes it can happen again. 5358612 10 3 2009 The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World total:106|5:65|4:28|3:11|2:2|1:0| 106 474 255 56 5 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:23:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:23:04 -0700 2009
He is not an unknown man. Richard Stearns was CEO of a Lenox, Inc. when something or better said...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 29 08:19:45 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 09:52:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 04:02:34 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 04:03:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 08 03:31:15 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 03:31:27 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 14:44:06 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 22:26:07 -0700 2009
I think the most amazing thing about this book is that is is so much more than him, the author and ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:37:41 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 10:26:35 -0700 2009
My takeaway is this: "That which breaks the heart of God, should also break my heart...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 18:30:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 11:01:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 15:37:10 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 08:24:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 05:24:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 05:30:30 -0700 2009
I was a little surprised. Rich Stearns was "preaching to the choir" as I read this and yet the way he expressed it made me remember things that are important to me which I had put on the back burner.

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The Hole in Our Gospel is first and foremost a refreshing deviation from the self-exalting books that seem to crowd the Chri...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:58:25 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 11:29:25 -0700 2009
It begins with Stearns sharing his testimony and more specifically his story of leaving corporate USA to become the pre...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 15 12:10:37 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 22 20:47:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 05:28:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:28:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 17:45:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:52:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 15:49:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 15:58:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat May 09 10:14:51 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 15:15:10 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 10:14:51 -0700 2009
There were moments when I felt Mortenson and his co-auth...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5291189