Hayley & Michael DiMarco
Crossway, 192 pp., $14.99
“No one can kill you when you are already dead.” Dramatic scene from a Being Human preview or closing line from the latest by Hayley and Michael DiMarco of God Girl and God Guy fame? The DiMarcos remind readers that it was not Bram Stoker, Anne Rice and Stephenie Meyer who popularized the notion of death as the new life, but rather Jesus and Paul.
Die Young delves into the paradoxes of dying to self to become living sacrifices, pursuing less to get more out of life, embracing weakness as a form of strength, how confessing guilt can free us of it, and how hitting the bottom is what makes us look up.
Biblical passages, language and allusions dominate this study in selflessness to a degree newbies to the faith might find daunting or challenging in a good way. The reading level and illustrations are appropriate for older teens. They may not relate to the authors’ anecdotes about failed careers and engagements, but the tone in which the DiMarcos direct rather than discount suffering and discontent speaks to the spiritual realities of teendom.
