Meals from Mars, Ben Sciacca
Meals from Mars, Ben Sciacca
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Meals from Mars
A Parable of Prejudice and Providence

Author: Ben Sciacca

Narrator: Brandon Batchelar

Unabridged: 5 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 02/01/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

It's hard to talk about race and reconciliation. It helps to have a story we can all wrap our heads around...

Jim fumbled for the door lock, but it was too late. Malik had jumped inside. Malik didn’t remember pulling the gun out of his waistband, but now it was pointed straight at Jim.

“C’mon, man!” Malik yelled as he half-ducked under the dash. “They’re gonna kill me! Get us outta here!”

So begins a night of tension, anxiety, and difficult conversations for Malik, a young black man from the inner city, and Jim, a middle-aged white man from the suburbs. Brought together by tragic circumstances, they must learn to trust each other through mutual understanding, which means looking past their prejudices to truly see each other...

About The Author

Ben Sciacca is executive director of Restoration Academy, a K–12 Christian school in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author (writing as Judah Ben) of Kai’Ro: The Journey of an Urban Pilgrim.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Keith

I am really happy to see a novel like this one being published by a Christian publishing company, because it is a very good book to use to start discussions over racism in the church. First of all, it is an intriguing story, which is in part due to the fact the author works on staff in an urban chur......more

Goodreads review by James

This is a solid enough read, and its terminology as a parable seems appropriate. While it does weave a solid tale, there are some leaps and gaps that one might find. The close scenes- those of the two characters talking of their experiences a la a Christian take on the Cormac McCarthy work The Sunse......more

Hello friend perhaps you have given some thought to the fact that wealth inequality is an issue that is not going away in America and is getting measurably worse and also that the lines of inequality are drawn pretty heavily along racial identities which means that some form or forms of racism almos......more