What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $16.99
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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Description
New thoughts and reflections from the authors of the inspirational New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me.
The more than four hundred thousand readers stirred by the story of Ron Hall and Denver Moore will resonate with the all new, stand-alone true stories of hope and healing offered in this intimate, authentic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me.
With new "Denverisms" and reflections from Denver on his personal dealings with homelessness and disrespect from others, additional insights from Ron on what we can learn from people not like us and from those dealing with a terminal illness, and the stories of readers who have been impacted by the book's central themes, this inspirational reader will generate a host of new fans. Topics include:
- Faith and friendship
- Racial reconciliation
- Community outreach
- Compassion
- Healing
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-30
Summary: "What an amazing book!"
This book was great. What an inspiring story. It is a must read!! I highly recommend this book!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-30
Summary: "Life-changing"
After reading "Same kind of different as me," then "What difference do it make," I realized it makes a lot of difference. When you live in an area as I do, with many low-income families, I saw how I could allow God to use me to make a difference. I just needed to apply some of the principles Denver spoke about, i.e. prejudice, etc. I am trying to see others as God sees them, as children of God. Even attempting to help "a user." This lady has been to every agency, church, etc. for help and doesn't want to do anything about her situtation, which makes it difficult to minister to her. We have quit giving money, groceries, etc. but continue to pray for her as I told her I would. That God would give her a clear picture of what He would have her do. One area of the book that spoke to me about the apathy of others, is when the lady stopped to help the man who was having a heart attack and when she shared what happened with a friend, the friend had no idea of the magnitude of the action...just stayed behind her mask and hid in the closet of life. I want so much to be like Ron and Debbie and embrace a fallen world and minister wherever God wants me to. These two books have helped me open my eyes even wider to minstry to others.
Thank you Ron Hall and Denver Moore for your life-changing stories.
KB
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-08-27
Summary: "What difference do it make? My answer- lots."
In What Difference Do It Make? Ron and Denver share more of their story and life after Ron's wife passed away from cancer. While those portions of the book will tug at your heart strings, the stories of how their previous book inspired people to make a difference in their communities quickly became my favorite part.
Interwoven throughout the details of Ron and Denver's friendship are stories about how their lives impacted others in the world. These stories took all forms. One family began adopting children from Africa, a high school art teacher helped homeless men work through their hurts through art, and a little girl learns to serve the homeless and raises money in her neighborhood to help the local shelter. My favorite though is a chain reaction story that impacted multiple people across the country. You'll have to read the book to learn about that one.
Reading What Difference Do It Make? not only warmed my heart with stories of lives changed, but challenged me to change the way I view the role of the church in homelessness and poverty. While I've never been one to think the governments should solve our problems, it becomes easy to lean on the government to `fix' problems like this. Hall reminds readers that the issues of homeless run much deeper than just having a roof over your head. He also raises an interesting challenge. In most cities Hall and Moore visit, there are fewer homeless individuals than churches.
Hall proposes that if each church took responsibility for loving one homeless person back into society and ultimately caring for themselves there would no longer be homelessness. The problem is so few believers are willing to put their money, life, and comfort where they say their faith is. What a difference Christians could make in our world if we believed our faith in action.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-08-24
Summary: "A great follow-up book!"
I was sent a copy of "What Difference Do It Make?" by Ron Hall and Denver Moore and really enjoyed this book.
It is a follow up to their first novel "Same Kind of Different as Me" But you do not have to have read the first book to understand the second.
It is a very uplifting book that tells the reader how the first book has made a difference in people's lives and the extent that Deborah's inspiring life has touched others and encouraged them to branch out to those in need.
Ron Hall does go into a little bit of detail about his childhood growing up and how his relationship developed with his father after the first book was published. This was all great and wonderful to read, but really the only new happenings in the book. It was more of a reflection of what effect the first book had.
I am not saying it is not worth reading - because it totally is. Had me crying a couple times in the book (and I am not a big crier)
I would like to learn more about what else is going on in Ron Hall and Denver Moore's lives.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-22
Summary: "AN EXCELLENT FOLLOW-UP!"
This book is a natural flow from the first book, Same Kind of Different As Me.