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Katie Axelson is the host of Have Hope; Will Travel podcast. When we travel, we get to know people who are different than we are, we hear their stories, and we learn to honor them. She spent a year traveling abroad and wrote a book about it entitled Jesus Shoes: Following His Footsteps Through the Latin American Mission Field. You can also find her at KatieAxelson.com

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	Dare to Hope it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

by Emmanuel Acho

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The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected

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Twelve Churches: An Unlikely History of the Buildings That Made Christianity

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It was fun to hear the contrasting perspectives of a child and her grandmother. I did spend a good portion of the book on edge concerned for the grandmother’s life.
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This book is different than what I normally really read but I read it for the GR Bookmark and I’m glad I did. The imagery was fascinating and story captivating. Definitely do the audiobook (plus mine had an additional short story included)
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Overall, I found the book depressing. And it was easy to guess early on the book what was going to become problematic later.
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I loved the vignettes of short stories, though I may have been able to place them together better if I wasn’t listening to the audiobook. I also appreciate that they were mostly Palestinian Christians—a demographic many forget even exists.
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I loved the vignettes of short stories, though I may have been able to place them together better if I wasn’t listening to the audiobook. I also appreciate that they were mostly Palestinian Christians—a demographic many forget even exists.
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Overall, I found the book depressing. And it was easy to guess early on the book what was going to become problematic later.
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