{"product_id":"never-alone-sharing-the-gift-of-community-in-a-lonely-world-9781513815183","title":"Never Alone: Sharing the Gift of Community in a Lonely World","description":"\u003cb\u003eWe have never been more connected--yet we have never felt more alone.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Isolation is the great soul wound of our time. As Christians, we know that the church has a unique gift to offer a hurting world: communal life in Jesus. This gift has the power to heal our loneliness and isolation. It is good news for the lonely, the isolated, the struggling. So why does it often sound like bad news to those who need it most? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perhaps because we have misunderstood what the good news actually is--and how we ought to be sharing it. We have collapsed evangelism into offering a golden ticket to some postmortem destiny. But the goodness of the gospel we are called to share is about so much more: shalom, wholeness, and the peaceable kingdom of Christ breaking into the world. \u003ci\u003eThis\u003c\/i\u003e is the gift of communal life in Jesus. A gift that re-ligaments us back together with God and one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever Alone \u003c\/i\u003eunpacks how we can be spiritual guides who help people heal, love, and unleash imagination to create better lives and communities. We all can be instruments to bring healing and wholeness to people's lives in today's epidemic of loneliness and isolation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12804897\"\u003eMichael Adam Beck\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Herald Press (VA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.35w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781513815183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1513815180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL012110\"\u003eChristian Living | Social Issues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PSY\"\u003ePsychology\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PSY017000\"\u003eInterpersonal Relations\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SEL\"\u003eSelf-Help\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SEL031000\"\u003ePersonal Growth | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Adam Beck\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Fresh Expressions House of Studies at United Theological Seminary, director of Fresh Expressions Florida, and director of Fresh Expressions for the United Methodist Church. He serves as the co-pastor of Wildwood UMC, St. Marks UMC, and Compassion UMC with his wife Jill, where they direct addiction recovery programs, a jail ministry, a food pantry, and an interracial unity movement and house a faith-based inpatient treatment center. Wildwood and St. Marks are traditional congregations \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e a network of 13 \"fresh expressions\" that gather in tattoo parlors, dog parks, salons, running tracks, community centers, burrito joints, and digital spaces. Beck earned a master of divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary and a doctorate in semiotics and future studies at Portland Seminary. He is the author of 14 books, including \u003ci\u003eDeep Roots, Wild Branches: Revitalizing the Church in the Blended Ecology\u003c\/i\u003e, and a coauthor of multiple books, including \u003ci\u003eContextual Intelligence: Unlocking the Ancient Secret to Mission on the Front Lines\u003c\/i\u003e with Leonard Sweet. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herald Press (VA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48110044053741,"sku":"9781513815183","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_d13a9675-2a85-4001-a1d7-c7747d2836b3.jpg?v=1747618048","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/never-alone-sharing-the-gift-of-community-in-a-lonely-world-9781513815183","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}