Spencer Burke interviews Sara Miles about her work at the St. Gregory of Nyssa‘s Food Pantry and her new book Jesus Freak: Feeding, Healing Raising the Dead. It’s an inspiring interview – check it out!
Posts Tagged 'Jesus Freak'
A Farmer’s Market in Heaven Where Everything Is Free and Everyone Is Welcome
Published July 25, 2010 Church , Emergent , Food for Thought , Justice , Publishing Leave a CommentTags: banquet, farmer's market, feast, food pantry, Jesus Freak, Sara Miles, Spencer Burke, St. Gregory of Nyssa
Sunday Devotional: Sara Miles – Jesus Says GO!
Published February 14, 2010 Church , Food for Thought , God , Publishing 4 CommentsTags: earth, Emergent, Episcopal, feeding, food pantry, God, grace, grit, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Freak, Jossey-Bass, mainline, Sara Miles, St. Gregory of Nyssa
In the midst of all the (well-deserved) hoopla surrounding the release of Brian’s A New Kind of Christianity, it is literarily crucial not to lose sight of another, equally-important book that released this month: Jesus Freak: Feeding/Healing/Raising the Dead by Sara Miles. I really think that both of these books could well define Western Christianity’s soul-searching in the second decade of the 21st-century.
I’m not going to do a full book review today – this week, God-willing! – but for now I’ll just say that Sara’s book works on the reader in a whole different way than Brian’s; whereas Brian’s adeptly takes you on a journey through Scripture, church history, and the genealogy of ideas, Sara’s book is hyper-local (rarely, if ever, venturing outside of her home city of San Francisco) and deeply embodied – it’s story after story after story, driving a central theme home: God lives in us, and Jesus gives us the authority to feed, heal, forgive, and practice resurrection. Here is Sara reading an excerpt from Jesus Freak (this is what inspired the non-technological part of my KedgeForward Theology After Google Preview Talk):
The blogosphere has been positively abuzz about Sara’s infectious story and embodied spirituality. Here are some of the highlights…and again, my take is coming soon!
In Touch Magazine (In Touch?? Isn’t that Charles Stanley’s magazine?? Wow!)
Left-wing Lesbian author comes out as a Jesus freak and claims power to feed the hungry, heal the sick, and raise the dead – Religion Writers. Now that’s an attention-grabbing headline!
Jesus Freak vs. Jesus Freak
Published January 15, 2010 Humor , Music , Publishing 1 CommentTags: dc Talk, Jesus Freak, Jossey-Bass, Sara Miles
So Sara Miles‘ second ‘faith-y’ book, Jesus Freak, hits the shelves (and digital devices) soon…she and the folks at Jossey-Bass have released a video of Sara sharing some of her passion behind the book:
When watching this on YouTube, a second video is displayed – from the uber-popular 1990s evangelical rap group (yes its true) dc Talk. (The d.d.? Stands for ‘Decent Christian’ if ya didn’t know) This is from their multiplatinum-selling 1995 album by the same name:
So in light of these videos, which ‘Jesus Freak’ would win in a fair (and nonviolent of course) fight? Sara Miles or dc Talk? Look for my review of Jesus Freak (the book, not the album) coming soon.
BONUS trivia: An etymology of the term ‘Jesus freak.’
zoecarnate 
Recent Comments