Neighbors and Wise Men, Tony Kriz
Neighbors and Wise Men, Tony Kriz
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Neighbors and Wise Men
Sacred Encounters in a Portland Pub and Other Unexpected Places

Author: Tony Kriz, William Young

Narrator: Tony Kriz

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 03/04/2025


Synopsis

Read by the author. Hearing from God is extraordinary. But the circumstances He uses to reveal Himself may be more ordinary than we think.

Neighbors and Wise Menintroduces captivating dialogues and unexpected moments with God that go beyond the confines of a conventional religious system and offer the chance for powerful life transformation.

Get to know Tony Kriz (known by many as "Tony the Beat Poet" in Donald Miller's best-selling book Blue Like Jazz) through his real-life conversations and experiences that prove that God can and will use anyone and anything— from Muslim lands to antireligious academics to post-Christian cultures—to make Himself known.

Through his own prodigal-son backstory and return to faith, Tony presents biblical truth in a conversational, but bold light that offers readers the courage to open their eyes to the unlikely encounters that are all around us every day; chance run-ins that turn out to be anything but chance.

Have we limited God's ability to speak in our world today? Have we relegated God's creative voice to the select persons who share our particular religious system? Kriz himself felt like he was falling out of faith until non-Christians encouraged him to "fall toward Christ."

About Tony Kriz

Tony Kriz has an earned doctorate in spiritual formation. He is a teacher of faith and culture through the mass media, via social media, and at universities, conferences, churches, seminars, and other speaking engagements. He pastors an imbedded community of life-servants in one of Portland’s most culturally diverse neighborhoods. Tony and his wife Aimee have three sons.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cyndi on August 20, 2015

This book was exactly what I needed to read. God's remarkable that way, of course. I love Tony's view of allowing God to speak through any and everyone he comes into contact with. So many times, we try to put God in a box and refuse to entertain the idea that he might move in ways we can't understan......more

Goodreads review by Jon on October 19, 2012

[URL not allowed] Neighbors and Wise Men is not the kind of book I typically read. This book is a collection of life experiences from the author Tony Kriz, from all over the world and with all kinds of people, but all tied together as being sacred encounters that led to persona......more

Goodreads review by Z on May 28, 2015

Neighbors and Wise Men is a fiercely honest and sincere evaluation of spiritually formative processes from the perspective of Portland native, Tony Kriz. Kriz writes about his journey from a type of Christian fundamentalism to a robust life of faith, restoring his neighborhood and community, inspire......more

Goodreads review by Phil on September 30, 2012

Refreshing. Challenging. Transforming.......more

Goodreads review by Dawn on December 15, 2018

This is one of the best books I have ever read on Christian missions. Tony sets out to tell Muslims about Jesus and they teach him about compassion, sharing and bearing one another’s burdens. He comes out of that college experience a bit more than shaken and goes to a local pub to re-member himself.......more