SHARED SPACE

Joining a new generation of Christians who find it impossible to settle for their parents' comfortable form of religion, Christopher Heuertz brings an unbridled passion for the poor and offers those who are hungry for activism an example of how to live out a faith of love—whether in America or abroad—and forges footsteps that can be followed into a meaningful life.

In this beautiful and thoughtful book, activist Christopher L. Heuertz writes of the dangers of isolation, the longings we all have to belong to one another, the realities we rub up against when we join together, and the struggles and joys that emerge when we experience genuine community.

Exploring the gifts as well as the challenges of community, Christopher drills down on the issues of those who have just begun to journey, as well as mature communities comprised of veteran fellow travelers. Some of the issues he addresses are friendship, boundaries, conflict, generosity, betrayal, and much more. Whether readers are forming a new community, searching for deeper community, or participating in long-time community, they will find inspiration, caution, guidance, and encouragement in this tender testimony to how we are “woven together by grace.”

Christopher speaks annually to an average of 50,000 people at conferences such as Catalyst, Urban Youth Workers Institute, Passion, and at several universities. A relatively new author, Chris has written two books with IVP, but is now poised to join the new generation of Christians who demands more than their parents' religion. As an ordained minister and an adjunct professor at Lakeview Seminary in Chennai, India, Chris is dedicated to imaginative solutions for a world marked by appalling disparity.