Unfettered, Mandy Smith
Unfettered, Mandy Smith
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Unfettered
Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture

Author: Mandy Smith, Walter Brueggemann

Narrator: Cat Gould

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/18/2021

Synopsis

Western culture is in a tailspin and Christian faith is entangled in it: we do kingdom things in empire ways. Western approaches to faith leave us feeling depressed, doubting, anxious, and burned out. We know something is wrong with the way we do faith and church in the West, but we're so steeped in it that we don't know where to begin to break old habits.

Popular pastor and speaker Mandy Smith invites us to detox from the deeply ingrained habits of Western culture so we can do kingdom things in kingdom ways again. She explores how we can be transformed by new postures and habits that help us see God already at work in and around us. The way forward isn't more ideas, programs, and problem-solving but in Jesus's surprising invitation to the kingdom through childlikeness. Ultimately, rediscovering childlike habits is a way for us to remember how to be human.

Unfettered helps us reimagine how to follow God with our whole selves again and join with God's mission in the world.

About Mandy Smith

Mandy Smith is lead pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighborhood congregation with its own fair-trade cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her book The Vulnerable Pastor was named a best book of the year by Missio Alliance, Leadership Journal, Englewood Review of Books, and Hearts and Minds Bookstore. Smith directed Missio Alliance's SheLeads Summit for two years and has been the keynote speaker at many national gatherings. She is also an adjunct professor for the DMin programs at Fuller Theological Seminary and Northeastern Seminary and is a regular contributor to Missio Alliance and Christianity Today.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marty

** I received an Advance Reader Copy from the author. ** This was an absolutely excellent book. I felt like the read was a journey in constantly “considering” or “reconsidering” things I have grown to accept. Smith invites the reader to contemplate the concepts of resting, receiving, and responding—a......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

I have the joy and relief of reading Mandy's excellent work, Unfettered, with an Advance Reader Copy. I'm currently about 3/4 of the way through and as a pastor, I have not only found relief for me personally, but a refreshing way of imagining faith in Jesus in Western Culture. I can't wait to share......more

Goodreads review by Bethany

Smith's refreshing words, perspective, and challenge is exactly what the world and the Church needs at this moment. Drawing from ancient and Eastern culture, she challenges us to see God, our faith, and our calling in a new (yet not new at all) light. Smith invites her readers to re-engage with thei......more

Goodreads review by Theo

To begin with, far from mere passing of information, this book is meant to be experienced and lived! I mean... it literally comes with a suggested soundtrack and the whole book is arranged as a guide, through the process, of actually living its content! (complete with a field guide and references to......more

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