Jesus Freak, Sara Miles
Jesus Freak, Sara Miles
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Jesus Freak
Feeding Healing Raising the Dead

Author: Sara Miles

Narrator: Katherine Dyer

Unabridged: 5 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/20/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion


Synopsis

In this new book, Sara Miles tells the story of what has happened in her attempts to follow Jesus, to do something real in response to teachings that many people still see as abstract or merely symbolic. It's also a response to the many people she met in promoting her first book, people who were afraid or felt they couldn't possibly do the kinds of things she has done: start a food pantry, love the unlovable, go to dark and scary places to bless and heal. But she holds up the model of Jesus himself: Throughout the gospels, as he roams through Palestine, Jesus repeatedly makes specific calls to action to his followers, tasks that they will have to perform on the spot--- and have to do again and again, when he's gone. They (and we) don't always understand, but he insists. "You can do this stuff," he tells them. "Walk this way. Come on, don't be afraid."  It's up to us to take up God's work in the world.

About Sara Miles

Sara Miles is the founder and director of The Food Pantry, and serves as Director of Ministry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco, California. She is also the author of City of God and Jesus Freak.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Leroy on August 21, 2010

I am very impressed, again, with Sara Miles and her faith and action. And her theology is compelling because it is reflection on action (praxis), not just thought separated from action. She closes the Introduction with these words: “All it takes to be a Jesus freak is to follow him” (p. xx). In the s......more

Goodreads review by Craig on January 25, 2012

It Tom Waits were a Christian (and I don't have any real idea whether or not he is), this is the kind of book he'd write. Fiercely committed to taking Jesus--who she refers to through most of this powerful memoir "The Boyfriend"--seriously, Sara Miles presents a vision of committed Christian action......more

Goodreads review by JC on June 05, 2021

Many years ago I went on a family trip to NYC, and one of the embarrassing items I insisted on checking off was landing a seating at Mission Street Food in the Lower East Side. This was the same month Danny Bowien picked up a James Beard award, and the hype at the time was very high. It was Anthony......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on November 28, 2014

The Rev. Sara Miles, the Minister and Director of the Food Pantry of St. Gregory of Nyssa in Los Angeles, writes about her work with residents, rich and poor in LA. Ms. Miles, her co-workers and volunteers take the local (and some not so local) misfits and turn them into workers and volunteers. She t......more