{"product_id":"9780849913983_the-divine-nobodies","title":"The Divine Nobodies","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does a Hip-Hop artist, Waffle House waitress, tire salesman, and disabled girl have to do with discovering spiritual truth? What if embracing authentic Christianity is a journey of unlearning? Welcome to Jim Palmer's world!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Miller meets Anne Lamott meets Brian McLaren in this tale of shedding religion and plunging into uncharted depths of knowing God. Jim Palmer, emergent pastor, shares his compelling off-road spiritual journey and the unsuspecting people who became his guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps God's reason for wanting me,\" writes Palmer, \"is much better than my reason for wanting him. Maybe God's idea of my salvation trumps the version I am too willing to settle for. Seeing I needed a little help to get this, God sent a variety pack of characters to awaken me.\" For all those hoping there's more to God and Christianity than what they've heard or experienced, each chapter of \u003ci\u003eDivine Nobodies\u003c\/i\u003e gives the reader permission and freedom to discover it for themselves. Sometimes comical, other times tragic, at times shocking, always honest; Jim Palmer's story offers an inspiring and profound glimpse into life with God beyond institutional church and conventional religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am tempted to say that Jim Palmer could well be the next Donald Miller, but what they have in common, along with an honest spirituality and extraordinary skill as storytellers, is a unique voice . . . Divine Nobodies is a delight to read, and it was good for my soul to read it.\" \u003cbr\u003e-BRIAN MCLAREN\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Message of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You hold in your hands an amazing story of a broken man finding freedom in all the right places-in God's work in the lives of some extraordinarily ordinary people around him. You will thrill to this delightful blend of gut-wrenching honesty and laugh-out-loud hilarity, and in the end you'll find God much closer, the body of Christ far bigger and your own journey far clearer than you ever dreamed.\"\u003cbr\u003e-WAYNE JACOBSEN\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of Authentic Relationships \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jim Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40702929371185,"sku":"9780849913983","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9780849913983.jpg?v=1780471022","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9780849913983_the-divine-nobodies","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}