"What Difference Do It Make? Stories of Hope and Healing" is the fantastic follow-up by Ron Hall & Denver Moore (with Lynn Vincent) to the wonderful book, "Same Kind of Different As Me," which became something of a phenomenon in 2006. Hall & Moore essentially pick up their unbelievable story where "Same Kind of Different" left off. Hall, an international art dealer, whose life and marriage were extraordinarily out of balance, met Moore, who was a homeless man living in Fort Worth, at a homeless shelter where Hall's wife Deborah had insisted they serve together. Their unlikely friendship--Hall, a white millionaire and Moore, a poor black man--was further forged in the fires of the loss of Hall's wife Deborah to cancer. "What Difference Do It Make?" includes stories of those who were affected by Hall and Moore's story, and who were compelled to make a difference to stamp out racism, homelessness and to practice reconciliation in their corner of God's creation. It's a great sequel that stands alone in its own right--complete with crib notes from the first book for new readers. I highly recommend it.
Rapha & Yada - "Be Still & Know": Reimagined
One of the most well-used verses in the Bible comes to us from Psalm 46:10, which reads like this: He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” That one line---"Be still, and know that I am God"---finds its way into greeting cards, wall art, church signs and the like. And it sounds so nice, doesn't it? But what does it actually mean ? What does it mean to be still and know that God is God? Well, to dig deeper into that phrase to see what it's really saying, I'm going to have to bust out some Hebrew--so, don't hold it against me. The Hebrew word that's used here for the phrase "be still" is the word rapha. And get this... It means "to hang limp, sink down, be feeble." That's a heckuva lot different than what we usually take the phrase "be still" to mean, right? I don't know about you, but whenever I have heard that verse ...
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