Midnight Jesus, Jamie Blaine
Midnight Jesus, Jamie Blaine
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Midnight Jesus
Where Struggle, Faith, and Grace Collide . . .

Author: Jamie Blaine

Narrator: Jamie Blaine

Unabridged: 6 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 10/13/2015

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

It's three A.M. in the side yard of a shack in the worst part of town. I’ve got a dirty-faced baby on my hip and there’s a pit bull standing on the septic tank in the next yard over, barking his head off. My patient sits on the hood of her ex-husband’s lowrider, smoking a cigarette and dumping her pills into a mud hole by the right front tire. Airbrushed across the hood of the car is a cross-eyed Jesus with open arms. She lays her hand on top of his as the still-hot engine ticks. Through tears she pleads, “Help me, Jesus, please.”The dog is silent. Sirens approach. “Just breathe,” I tell her. “Everything’s gonna be all right.” The baby fidgets, resting her head against me, staring up into my eyes. I raise one finger and she holds it tight. I fumble for the words again. “Just breathe.” Midnight Jesus shares fascinating, bizarre, and sometimes hilarious true-life stories of everyday people looking for hope in their darkest hours. Poignant and unpretentious, Jamie paints beauty where at times it seems none exists — from skating rinks and bars, late-night highways and lonely apartments, broken churches and run-down trailer parks, jail cells, bridge rails, ERs, psych wards, and that place over the levee where God laughs and walks through the cool dark night.

About The Author

Jamie Blaine is a licensed psychotherapist and crisis interventionist who has worked in mental hospitals, megachurches, rehabs, radio stations, and roller rinks. His writing has been featured in such outlets as Salon, OnFaith, Bass Guitar, Drummer UK, The Weeklings, The Nervous Breakdown,and Ultimate Classic Rock.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on October 23, 2015

A special thank you to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. We all need to take a page from Jamie Blaine’s new inspirational much needed book; his attitude, and non-traditional approach with the eye-opening, MIDNIGHT JESUS: contemporary, fresh, raw, brutally hone......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on June 09, 2017

Let me just say: I've read the 'heavy hitters'. Graham. Chan. Chapman. Donald Miller. Voskamp, TerKeurst, Niequist. About 30 pages into this book, I memorized a passage, went home to my roommate, recited the passage from memory, and told her this might be the best Christian nonfiction book I've ever......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on August 10, 2021

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Real and raw, Jamie Blaine relates his life and stories from his time working on call at a local psych-ward (and roller rink!) that are tragic, hilarious, and triumphant all rolled into one with color commentary that is second to none. You can’t help but to like the g......more

Goodreads review by Paul on January 18, 2016

Midnight Jesus: Where Struggle, Faith, and Grace Collide An amazing thing happened that night in the little town of Bethlehem. Only a few understood. They were told in advance of the event in which they were chosen to play key roles. The few privileged to hear the announcement of the birth of a baby......more

Goodreads review by Hallie on October 13, 2017

If your life isn't absurd enough that you find yourself wondering "Did I think I'd ever be here, right now?" then you will not recognize the Jesus in this book. Blaine's Jesus is quiet, honest, and real. He brings up more questions than he leaves answers, but most of all he shows up - especially for......more