Beacon Hill, 2006, 192 pp., $14.99, www.beaconhillbooks.com
It’s no secret that our country has become polarized in recent years. As a pastor I have seen the frustration in my congregation over why “the other side” doesn’t see eye to eye with them. Enter Barbara Curtis and this timely work. A former hippie, anti-war activist, and pro-choice advocate, she now is a conservative. She explores the issues, the thinking behind both sides, and how the two can be bridged. Through her own testimony and transformation she brings new understanding to the issues. She is not creating a compromise, rather, she is teaching understanding and compassion—to see where the other side is coming from and, in so doing, create new opportunities.
I would love for my church to read it; too many Christians have become so distracted by the issues that they have lost sight of the people behind them and God’s love and desire for them.
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Review by: Matthew McNutt, youth pastor at Boothbay Baptist Church in Boothbay, Maine.
