Deep Like Me Extremely Profound Thoughts on Faith From a Disciple in Over His Head

by Bundschuh, Rick

• ISBN13: 9780830746880
• ISBN10: 0830746889
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-04
• Publisher: Regal

Summary

Following Jesus is more complex and challenging than anybody expects when they start out on the journey. It's not just attending church, reading your Bible and minding your Ps and Qs; it is an adventure filled with wonder and difficulty, with unlearning and relearning. In Unlikely Disciple, pastor Rick Bundschuh shares what he had discovered about shuffling after Jesus, and invites readers to wrestle, grieve, re-evaluate, redirect, focus, contemplate, be still and get real about living the life of a disciple. Rick's story-driven musings are explorative instead of instructive, contemplative rather than confrontational, yet he warmly invites the reader to stride, stumble, shuffle or crawl in the footsteps of Jesus.

Author Biography

RICK BUNDSCHUH is a pastor, veteran youth worker, writer, speaker and cartoonist based in Kauai, Hawaii. Fortunate enough to connect with an imaginative youth pastor during his early teen years, Rick converted to Christianity (from raw hedonism) and began his spiritual journey. After attending Capernwray Bible School in the United Kingdom, Rick became a youth pastor himself, continuing in that calling for the next 28 years. Known for his creativity, over-the-top imagination and successful efforts to reach un-churched teens, Rick has flooded all the churches he's worked in with pagans, trolls and other wild converts. He also managed to squeeze out a regular two-page cartoon feature in Surfer Magazine and to author dozens of books. Currently, Rick serves as a teaching pastor at Kauai Christian Fellowship and continues to write and illustrate for various publishers. He lives with his beautiful wife, Lauren, their kids, a weenie dog and quiver of surfboards in Poipu, Hawaii.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 13
Acknowledgments	p. 15
Introduction	p. 17
Shuffling Behind Jesus	p. 23
The $3,000 Handbag	p. 28
On Being Wet	p. 33
The Sacrificial Lamb	p. 37
Every Tuesday	p. 42
The Laughing Box	p. 48
Luis's Truck	p. 53
A Lesson from That Annoying Sign Guy	p. 58
The Day I Had Most of Ken's Life in My Car	p. 63
NIMBYs and the Love of Jesus	p. 70
The Holy Book on Top	p. 78
Thinking Is Christian	p. 85
Doing Something Big for God	p. 91
The Whipping Boy	p. 96
Cosmic Humor at My Expense	p. 101
The Escalator	p. 107
The Richest Man	p. 112
In Pieces	p. 117
On the Heels of Success	p. 122
Love and the Vacuum Cleaner	p. 129
The Hair Shirt	p. 135
A Useless Talent	p. 139
The Statue	p. 144
The China Cupboard	p. 148
On Hermits, Special Dishes and Holiness	p. 154
From the Rooftops	p. 161
A Scary Gospel	p. 166
Where Is the Sting?	p. 173
Expendable	p. 178
The Theology of Pinocchio	p. 186
End Thoughts	p. 190
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