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Making Waves: Fifty Stories about Sharing Love and Changing the World
When Jesus says love our enemies, some people take him literally. What happens when you start to love your enemies and serve others? Read about fifty inspiring people who have chosen to love their enemies and done good to those who harmed them. Filled with true stories from past and present, this captivating book is a showcase of heroes who have stood up for whats right to make the world a better place. What would it mean to step between soldiers and someone they are trying to harm? Could you love the person who bullied your friend? Would you rescue the man chasing you across a frozen river because of your beliefs? Would you serve a meal to the people trying to break into your house? Fifty ordinary people. Fifty extraordinary acts of peace.
213 pages, Paperback
Published October 6, 2020
About the author
Judy Clemens
15 books80 followersJudy Clemens is the author of LEAVE TOMORROW BEHIND, the newest book in the Anthony and Agatha-nominated Stella Crown mysteries. She also writes the Grim Reaper mysteries, and wrote LOST SONS, which is a stand-alone.
She lives in the beautiful state of Ohio with her family.
She lives in the beautiful state of Ohio with her family.
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January 3, 2021
Thank you Netgalley for an ARC copy of this book.
This is a short, sweet anthology with stories of people who are making the world a better place. I really enjoyed Clemens' intro on peacemaking - it was so well said. The end of the book even includes Bible verses related to peace. This is a book that I would be happy to share with my students or others, but I was a little confused with the focus of the book. It is written in a simplistic manner for children, but there are some themes that are more suited for a slightly older audience (drugs, depression, a martyr being executed, etc.). Those themes are very brief and well-written, but I found myself a bit confused as to what the goal of the book was, or who it was aimed towards. Overall, I enjoyed the positive and encouraging book.
This is a short, sweet anthology with stories of people who are making the world a better place. I really enjoyed Clemens' intro on peacemaking - it was so well said. The end of the book even includes Bible verses related to peace. This is a book that I would be happy to share with my students or others, but I was a little confused with the focus of the book. It is written in a simplistic manner for children, but there are some themes that are more suited for a slightly older audience (drugs, depression, a martyr being executed, etc.). Those themes are very brief and well-written, but I found myself a bit confused as to what the goal of the book was, or who it was aimed towards. Overall, I enjoyed the positive and encouraging book.
April 22, 2021
I would like to thank NetGalley, Herald Press & Judy Clemens for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Making waves is an anthology with 50 different inspiring stories from people who are changing the world with all sorts of existing difficulties in their lives already. The stories are short and made me want to open up my own non profit organization to make the world a better place. The author wrote about how several non profit organizations were found in America and several third world countries, in places where sometimes it was hard for people to even provide for their immediate families. There were several well known organizations mentioned in this anthology; which was very insightful since the author talked about how those organizations came to be into existence. Definitely will add those organizations on my list of places to donate to. I loved the ‘one drop can fill a bucket’ message that tied all the stories together.
The only thing that bothered me and probably will not bother the targeted audience of the book was how all the stories that had something to do a with a believer of the Christian Faith, as a Muslim person I personally felt a bit targeted when islamic extremists were paired against faithful Christians. When in reality not all muslims are extremists and not all of us impose our religion onto others. The problem is stories like these feed to the propaganda that all Muslims like forcing their beliefs onto people who believe in a different god or even atheists, who don’t believe in a god at all. It’s not just about extremist Muslims, it’s the comparison that made me feel weird, the comparison between faithful Christians and extremist Muslims. I feel like it would have been nice to read stories from different religions or even different Christian perspectives, the author talks about the Mennonite church a lot.
Overall I loved the stories complied, the book was extremely well written and all the chapters were intentional. The book comes out on 10/06/2020, would recommend 💯
Making waves is an anthology with 50 different inspiring stories from people who are changing the world with all sorts of existing difficulties in their lives already. The stories are short and made me want to open up my own non profit organization to make the world a better place. The author wrote about how several non profit organizations were found in America and several third world countries, in places where sometimes it was hard for people to even provide for their immediate families. There were several well known organizations mentioned in this anthology; which was very insightful since the author talked about how those organizations came to be into existence. Definitely will add those organizations on my list of places to donate to. I loved the ‘one drop can fill a bucket’ message that tied all the stories together.
The only thing that bothered me and probably will not bother the targeted audience of the book was how all the stories that had something to do a with a believer of the Christian Faith, as a Muslim person I personally felt a bit targeted when islamic extremists were paired against faithful Christians. When in reality not all muslims are extremists and not all of us impose our religion onto others. The problem is stories like these feed to the propaganda that all Muslims like forcing their beliefs onto people who believe in a different god or even atheists, who don’t believe in a god at all. It’s not just about extremist Muslims, it’s the comparison that made me feel weird, the comparison between faithful Christians and extremist Muslims. I feel like it would have been nice to read stories from different religions or even different Christian perspectives, the author talks about the Mennonite church a lot.
Overall I loved the stories complied, the book was extremely well written and all the chapters were intentional. The book comes out on 10/06/2020, would recommend 💯
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