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By Becky Garrison
Becky Garrison
invites you to laugh and ponder in her self-proclaimed "?travelogue of a
religious satirist's search for the risen Christ." These days, it seems,
Jesus doesn't always show up where we expect to find him.
In a
series of provocatively titled essay-like chapters, Garrison offers
snapshots that take you from her evangelical press trip to the Promised
Land in January, 2007, to the Presidential Promised Land, a.k.a. the
2008 elections. You will be treated to thoughtful, well-placed jabs at
the shallow, self-reflective, self-righteous finger-pointing of those
modern Christians who bend Heaven and theology to make Jesus into
someone just like them. Along the way, Garrison captures glimpses of God
as she spots both ordinary radicals operating below the spiritual radar
and those extraordinary individuals who actually walk the walk.
At
the crux of this sojourn is thoughtful and articulate consideration of
how we "lost" Jesus in the first place, and why we might want to stand
face to face with him if we're going to truly model ourselves after him.
Garrison suggests that real spiritual discernment involves looking
Jesus up rather than serving him up.
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