Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle

by Annan, Kent

• ISBN13: 9780830837304
• ISBN10: 0830837302
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-30
• Publisher: Ivp Books

Summary

Kent Annan left behind his prosperous, comfortable upbringing to face the world beyond its gates in Haiti, where people wear his cast-off clothing and seek comfort from the heat in the long shadow of his homeland. Read Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle and you'll get a fresh sense of what it means to love God and love our neighbor when love makes you uncomfortable and even requires vulnerability; to see what happens when God stretches you beyond your borders into his kingdom.

Author Biography

Kent Annan is codirector of Haiti Partners, a nonprofit focused on education in Haiti. He's worked in Haiti since 2003-living there some of the time and now traveling there regularly from Florida, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Through the Needle's Eye
Reasons to Follow (and Make a Difference)	p. 12
Outside the Gates	p. 17
Flight to Haiti	p. 23
Getting (Dis)Oriented on the Other Side
Thirty	p. 29
Strikes	p. 37
Us. Them	p. 41
Giving Up and Finding
Desire	p. 52
As You Leave the Village	p. 59
Under the Wardrobe	p. 66
Cats	p. 73
Choosing One's Neighbors
Building a Home (Part I)	p. 79
Dust to Dust, but Water in Between	p. 98
Building a Home (Part II)	p. 100
Three Scenes of Fear and Improbable Vengeance	p. 117
A Drop of Water	p. 125
Building a Home (Part III)	p. 136
Willing to Die?	p. 138
Revelations
Seeing a Little More Clearly	p. 145
Sketches of Scarcity	p. 148
Easter Vigil	p. 161
Building a Home (Part IV)	p. 164
A Young Man from Gonaives	p. 171
Statues	p. 175
Building a Home (Never Ends)	p. 181
Next Steps
Vulnerable	p. 185
Departures and Arrivals	p. 193
Epilogue: On Making a Difference	p. 198
Acknowledgments	p. 203
Reading Group Guide	p. 204
About the Author	p. 207
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