I don't read many non-fiction books, so my selection was small. But the one I want to share with you really touched me.
I read Same Kind of Different as Me at the suggestion of my friend Kelly...and I have to say I am so glad she told me about it. This is the true story of how one homeless man changed the lives of two Texas Christians. You will laugh and cry as you read through this story. It is written by Ron Hall, a Texas Art Dealer, and Denver Moore, a homeless man. You must read this if you haven't yet.
Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s ; a man who escaped, hopping a train to wander, homeless, for eighteen years on the streets of Dallas, Texas. No longer a slave, Denver's life was still hopeless-until God moved. First came a godly woman who prayed, listened, and obeyed. And then came her husband, Ron, an international arts dealer at home in a world of Armani-suited millionaires. And then they all came together. But slavery takes many forms. Deborah discovers that she has cancer. In the face of possible death, she charges her husband to rescue Denver. Who will be saved, and who will be lost? What is the future for these unlikely three? What is God doing? Same Kind of Different As Me is the emotional tale of their story: a telling of pain and laughter, doubt and tears, dug out between the bondages of this earth and the free possibility of heaven. No reader or listener will ever forget it.
2 comments:
This is still on my ever growing list!
I am going to start the book my friend Traci sent me so I am not wasting her kindness!
I loved this book. It was so touching. Good choice!
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