This book by Shane Claiborne (I read the updated 10th-anniversary edition which has a whole extra chapter full of FAQs) is an autobiographical manifesto of sorts for radically living out the implications of truly following in Jesus Christ's footsteps. As a response to having recently read Camus's The Rebel, and thinking "well, isn't Christianity kind of inherently revolutionary?" I decided to blast through this over the Easter weekend. (Hope you've had a happy one, by the way.) Claiborne takes a refreshingly open-hearted big-minded approach to interpreting the life, ministry & teachings of Jesus - and it leads him to some crazy places. From the slums of Calcutta where he meets Mother Theresa, to Iraq during the war where he was challenged & encouraged by the hospitality of the locals, to his home city of Philadelphia where his intentional communities have done a great deal to build support networks for the poor & vulnerable - he really has achieved a lot by stepping out in sincere faith, and I think every Christian has a lot to learn from him. Highly recommended book for Christians who sense that maybe they could be doing more for the Kingdom.
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