Streetwalking With Jesus: Reaching Out in Justice and Mercy
For over two decades John Green's vocation has been ministering to inner city men on the margins of society in downtown Chicago. Green didn't set out to be another Dorothy Day or Mother Teresa, and would be quick to tell you he hasn t become one. A product of middle class, church-going comfort and values, he heeded God's challenge to found Emmaus Ministries, which serves some of the modern-day lepers that are in our midst. Struck by the words of Micah 6:8 and the act of a homeless man who gruesomely ended his life in Green's presence, Green vowed to constantly ask himself: How can I live justly? To whom do I show mercy? How may I walk humbly with God? Deacon Green's lessons learned regarding these hard questions are set against stories of men who struggle to escape poverty, addiction, and sexual sin while encountering Christ in the process. But this book is much more than the account of how one ministry combats a social problem to which most of us wish to remain blind. It is abou
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Short review: This is a very moving books about ministry to prostitues in Chicago. The overall theme of the book is Micah 6:8 “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God”. John Green does not think we all need to minister to male prostitues, but we all do need to think about what we are called to do to act justly and walk humbly with God.
Most of the book is made up of stories of the guys that John and his staff have worked with over the years. The most moving stories are those that you see the redemption that comes from simple acts that give people humanity. John and his family open their home to have a family style meal several times a week. On guy came up to him the first time he came and said that he “had never done this before.” John thought he was being propositioned and said, “what do you mean?”. The guy responded that he had never had a sit down around a table and eat a meal with people. He was 28 and had never had a family meal.
Many of these guys had had horrible lives, but they still are capable of being loved and redeemed.
My full review is at http://bookwi.se/streetwalking-green/