Love Without Limits

“God is love.’ ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ I want to embrace these biblical dicta, but so often I hear them as clichés. In a way equaled only by C. S. Lewis’s The Four Loves, Jacqueline Bussie’s dilation of love wakes me up so that I might see, practice, and receive love. In this moment when so many of us find it hard to love the neighbor with whom we disagree, Bussie’s work seems especially urgent.”

Lauren F. Winner

“Love without Limits is a beautiful, exquisitely written, and deeply moving proclamation of revolutionary love. A courageous triumph of solidarity over censorship and hate.”

Valarie Kaur

“This is a book about love, but not just any love. It’s about a cosmic love, deep-faith love, break-down-walls love. Every page pulses with that same radical love. Read it and let the contents pour into you and make you better.”

Eboo Patel

“In Love without Limits, Jacqueline Bussie offers us a no-nonsense, no-excuses, love-without-exceptions instruction manual. Written with a warmth and earnestness that invite readers to settle in and stay, this book gives us permission to think in new ways about old stories while reminding us to open up to loving even the most rejected parts of ourselves and others. Love without Limits is folksy, generous, and wise.”

Sheri Reynolds

“Jacqueline Bussie is one of the most insightful and inviting thinkers in the church today. I love the way she seamlessly integrates head and heart into this vibrant treatise on what has always been at the center of Christianity and yet has so often been ignored: love.”

Nadia Bolz-Weber

“If you believe, as I do, that love is the heart of Jesus’ message and should be the point of the Christian life, then you’ll be surprised to see how few books there are that aim specifically to help you become a better practitioner of love. And you’ll be thrilled when a book like this comes along—well-written, inspiring and practical, deeply engaging with Scripture, and joyfully celebrating the primacy of love.”

Brian D. McLaren

“I want to press this book into the hands of every Christian who has despaired of our faith being choked by narrow moralism, prejudice, nationalism, and all those who sought Jesus and were greeted by a door slammed in the face instead of a seat at his banquet table. Jacqueline Bussie’s a gifted preacher with the voice of a friend who will grab you by the shoulders, look you in the eye, and say, no matter what your family of origin says, no matter what your church says, no matter what you say, you are beloved. Full stop. The Good News is good news for every single one of us, or it’s no good at all.”

Jessica Mesman Griffith

“Love Without Limits is more than a book; it is a profound and witty guide to a way of life—no, not just a way of life, but the way of life Jesus outlined for us in his life and teachings, if we would only pay attention. Over and over again this gracious book reminds us that ‘love without limits’ is not only our goal, but is possible if we have the courage to attempt it and to pay, if necessary, the price. I love this book. It has become part of me.”

Anthony S. Abbot

“Like no other book, Love Without Limits gives graciously to my students, embodying a vision of Christian living and loving that successfully strains the bounds of traditions many of them inherit. Jacqueline Bussie’s voice connects like few authors I have taught in over twenty years in the undergraduate classroom. I have repeatedly witnessed this book’s transformative effects on learning minds and yearning hearts, and commend it to all who educate and who seek edification.”

Caryn D. Riswold