{"product_id":"city-of-god-faith-in-the-streets-paperback","title":"City of God: Faith in the Streets - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Miles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eParadise is a garden. . .but heaven is a city. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eTake This Bread\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Jesus Freak\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerful new account of venturing beyond the borders of religion into the unpredictable territory of faith.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn Ash Wednesday, 2012, Sara Miles and her friends left their church buildings and carried ashes to the buzzing city streets: the crowded dollar stores, beauty shops, hospital waiting rooms, street corners and fast-food joints of her neighborhood. They marked the foreheads of neighbors and strangers, sharing blessings with waitresses and drunks, believers and doubters alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of God\u003c\/i\u003e narrates the events of the day in vivid detail, exploring the profound implications of touching strangers with a reminder of common mortality. As the story unfolds, Sara Miles also reflects on life in her city over the last two decades, where the people of God suffer and rejoice, building community amid the grit and beauty of this urban landscape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of God\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written personal narrative, rich in complex, real-life characters, and full of the \"wild, funny, joyful, raucous, reverent\" moments of struggle and faith that have made Miles one of the most enthralling Christian writers of our time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Miles\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and director of The Food Pantry, and Director of Ministry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTake This Bread: A Radical Conversion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJesus Freak: Feeding Healing Raising the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Salon\u003c\/i\u003e, and NPR. She lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42676147748960,"sku":"9781455547302","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/cEZHa2hadENEVHp3aHJHODJoNXpaZz09.webp?v=1775044376","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/city-of-god-faith-in-the-streets-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}