Live Like You Give a Damn!
Join the Changemaking Celebration
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2016
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Publisher's Description
Live Like You Give a Damn! declares the very good news that God is raising up a new generation, largely outside the church, to bring impressive change to the lives of our neighbors locally and globally by creating innovative forms of social enterprise and community empowerment. The even better news is that those of us within the church can join this changemaking celebration and discover creative new ways God can use our mustard seeds to make a more remarkable difference than we ever imagined possible. In this book Tom Sine offers practical ways you can join those who are creating their best communities, their best world, and in the process their best lives. Sine shows that in a world changing at warp speed, following Jesus is a "design opportunity." It is not only an opportunity to design innovative ways to make a difference but also an opportunity to create lives with a difference, in the way of Jesus, that are simpler and more sustainable--and to throw better parties along the way. Why would anyone want to settle for less and miss the best?
Endorsements (34)
Foreword
“I am glad to commend this exposition that exhibits quite concretely ways to revision, reimagine, and reperform the gospel. Such fresh, imaginative engagement will surely yield a 'well done' from the Lord of the church who makes all things new.”
“In Live Like You Give a Damn! [Sine] lifts up a new generation of activists and social entrepreneurs doing world-changing work all over the globe.”
“An enlightened look at how Millennials are shaping the future for the better, and an invitation to join with him in joining them.”
“This book, his most hopeful and personal, is a real gift to the church.”
“Tom Sine's new book invites you to see another version of Christianity, and it is all about bringing heaven to earth.”
“Sine has written a compelling book filled with stories and portraits of hope at a time filled with cynicism, hatred, and negativity. . . . Inspiring and challenging!”
“Be inspired. Join the movement. Live like you give a damn!”
“Above all this is a book about hope and imagination. Tom weaves together ideas, dreams and stories of people and communities who are changing the world one community at a time. And it's infectious. You find yourself wanting to meet with friends over a meal and start sparking ideas talking about what you can do together in your own locale to make a better world. It's refreshing that Tom resists collapsing life solely into a church sphere and focuses rather on change in the world through social enterprise and community endeavors. It's then that church begins to make sense reimagined as a community in mission participating with God and the community around towards its healing. And of course, given Tom's previous love of Jesus' parable, it's still one mustard seed at a time!”
“At a time when the church is falling short in bringing Good News to those who need it most, Sine observes that there is a blossoming movement among Millennial entrepreneurs to facilitate social change and community renewal. I encourage church leaders of all stripes to read the stories of changemakers in Sine's book and ask themselves how they can foster this kind of energy and social transformation in their own congregations and communities.”
“Live Like You Give a Damn! is one of the best snapshots of Millennials in action today. It captures the optimism and determination of the young men and women actively working to change the world. His enthusiasm and hopefulness for what God is doing through the next generation is contagious and inspiring. Live Like You Give a Damn! is a much needed addition to the ongoing conversation of community renewal and social innovation.”
“With every fiber of his body, Tom Sine is compelled to look up and out towards the new horizon and report to us what he has seen. Live Like You Give a Damn! rouses us to join the movement of a generation of global social entrepreneurs who are changing the world with creative solutions to complex problems. At the heart of this book you can hear his desire that we see what he has seen, a social and cultural revolution arising from the fragmentation of our times, propelled by human creativity and energized by the compassionate love of Jesus. This is a book for our times and a guiding light to our future.”
“Futurist Tom Sine gives us a whirlwind tour of changemakers (including many Gen Y & Z's) who are creatively engaging in the opportunities and challenges we face in our collective economic, political, social, and environmental lives. This book will animate your imagination and help you innovatively live into God's future. Read it with your team, reflect together, and find your life by living it for the sake of others!”
“Tom Sine takes us on a journey that moves at dizzying speed through time and many places. In doing so he brings to the surface some of the amazing changemaking that is flowing from the creativity and energy of Millennials, and the new possibilities opening up through rapid technological change. He highlights the power of social enterprise as an arena for the playing out of God's plan for a just and renewed world. This is an exciting and energizing ride that I am sure will help many people in realizing their own potential in a world of disruption and dazzling change.”
“From Cambodia to Nigeria, Australia to Canada, Portland to New York, young adults are founding businesses and organizations that blur easy but false distinctions between work and charity, profit and empowerment. These young social entrepreneurs are not waiting for the church to do wrap up theological and doctrinal battles; they are waiting for the church to join them and do something. While the Pew Research reports that Millennials make up an increasing portion of religious 'nones,' Sine illustrates through countless stories that they are far from 'dones' when it come to Jesus-like engagement and Kingdom-oriented visions of society. Sine provides crucial guideposts for the journey of changemaking that he has learned from these young leaders: ignite imagination, anticipate opportunities, choose with purpose, and empower others. Shane Claiborne, Author of The Irresistible Revolution Live Like You Give a Damn! is indispensible reading for anyone weary or leery of capitulating to the bankrupt narratives of blame, greed, and excess. Highly readable, inspiring, and motivating, this book is ideal for individuals, small groups, Sunday School classes, and college and seminary students.”
“I first encountered Tom Sine more than thirty years ago in Toronto. He won't remember the lively conversation I had with him after he'd talked about The Mustard Seed Conspiracy, but I knew I'd met a man filled with a passion for the way of Jesus and eager to invite others onto that journey. Over all these years Tom has been imagining and re-imagining all that is involved in following a radical Jesus in the midst of massively transformative, confusing times. Live Like You Give a Damn! continues that journey. It is a passionate invitation to awaken, not just to the crises of our time or the anemic life of cultural Protestantism, but to see what the Spirit is gestating and dare to join the Jesus movement today.”
“Tom Sine's new book is a great introduction to his life-long message of making change and seizing opportunities. It's as fresh and inspiring in 2016 as The Mustard Seed Conspiracy was in 1981.”
“Live like you Give a Damn! is Tom Sine at his best . . . and it's a must-read. With the wisdom and clarity of a hopeful prophet Tom insightfully reads the signs of our times--some of which should sound alarms in us--yet all the while points to the new wine of the Spirit. This book is an invitation of God through real stories of fresh expressions borne of radical disciples of Jesus. This book is a study resource for colleges, seminaries, and congregations to enable us all to more fully put God's compassionate purposes first in our lives, communities, and congregations.”
“This imaginative and prophetic invitation to envision a church that exists for the sake of others is an urgent call for pastors, students, and practitioners who are tired of status quo Christianity. Sine captures the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of Millennials and everyday people who are committed to a mustard seed kingdom and an experience of 'the good life' that is not captive to comfort, self-interest, and fear. For many years, I've appreciated Sine's passion for social change and his deep conviction that the future has a church. May we listen intently--even amidst disorientation--as we long for that future together.”
“Tom Sine makes my head whirl. Just when I think I could maybe settle down a bit, he comes along and turns me upside down--in a thoroughly good way! Tom combines research, personal experience, a wise head, and a passionate heart to call us to be innovators and entrepreneurs and so to change the way things are, both within and without the Church.”
“Everyone should read this book. Young changemakers looking to remember that we are not alone in this work. Those who are wondering what the future might possibly hold for church and for those following the Jesus way. Older generations who are struggling to understand new generations and new movements both in and outside of the church. Live Like You Give A Damn! is Tom's ongoing work to empower Generations Y and Z. Read this book. Be inspired. Join the movement. Live like you give a damn.”
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