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Upside-Down Joy: An Inverted Look at Sin, Sickness, Struggle, and Death
In Upside-Down Joy, Andrew Mann shares real proof about how the process of pain taught him different perceptions for holding on to joyful living. His life and others’ stories will inspire you to share this inverted way of experiencing suffering with joy. Take advantage of his rich, multilayered, multicultural experiences in ministry and insights from life, to think and act in a new with unexpected joy in unexpected places.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 15, 2015
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Andrew Mann
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Andrew Mann had a small-town Missouri upbringing and then . . . God moved him. He now calls the Mott Haven neighborhood in the South Bronx home. His journey from farm to city introduced him to a greater spiritual journey―from 'religious life' to 'real life'. He recognizes how God used so many experiences and individuals to open his eyes to truths about himself as well as his Creator. Personal experiences with sin, cancer, relationships, and death have turned his world upside down and in the process taught him how to live with inverted thinking. He is currently a pastor and ministry leader with the Graffiti 2 Baptist Church and Community Ministries that serves more than 10,000 people a year and empowers children, youth, and adults.
This is Andrew^^^Mann, where ^=space.
About the Author:
Andrew Mann had a small-town Missouri upbringing and then . . . God moved him. He now calls the Mott Haven neighborhood in the South Bronx home. His journey from farm to city introduced him to a greater spiritual journey―from 'religious life' to 'real life'. He recognizes how God used so many experiences and individuals to open his eyes to truths about himself as well as his Creator. Personal experiences with sin, cancer, relationships, and death have turned his world upside down and in the process taught him how to live with inverted thinking. He is currently a pastor and ministry leader with the Graffiti 2 Baptist Church and Community Ministries that serves more than 10,000 people a year and empowers children, youth, and adults.
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May 16, 2017
Finally. I finished this book. The reason I rated it with only 3 stars is that it took me three attempts to read it! The first half of the book felt like Ecclesiastes - everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. So much despair and pain was in the first half of the book that I could not see any of the joy promised in the title, upside down or otherwise. I had to put it down. Twice.
The conclusion section made up for it. Much like Ecclesiastes, the apparent meaninglessness of life was summed up - everything we experience, everything we do is meaningless without God at the centre. We need to find our identity in God (who we are) before our acts can have eternal value (what we do). The "being" precedes the "doing." I appreciated his conclusion in Revelation, because we need to know the destination is good or there is no reason to continue the journey.
The conclusion section made up for it. Much like Ecclesiastes, the apparent meaninglessness of life was summed up - everything we experience, everything we do is meaningless without God at the centre. We need to find our identity in God (who we are) before our acts can have eternal value (what we do). The "being" precedes the "doing." I appreciated his conclusion in Revelation, because we need to know the destination is good or there is no reason to continue the journey.
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