Red Letters releases in less than a month. In celebration, I will be featuring a Red Letter Blog Tour, featuring different bloggers, magazines and ezines who have either reviewed the book or interviewed me. The first comes from my good friend and Emergent Church leader, Will Samson. Thanks Will!

Review of Red Letters

I recently finished reading an advanced copy of Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds , by Tom Davis, the President of Children’s Hope Chest.

Wow

This is an important book. It is important not because it is
well-written, although it is. And, it is an important book not just
because the idea of living justly in the world, "being the hands and
feet of Jesus," is for all us to be reminded of, although that’s true.

This is an important book because it is filled with the real world
stories of someone living out "a faith that bleeds." This is not a
dissociated text from an academic. This is filled with the real world
stories of Tom Davis, a man who recognizes the injustices in the world
and is working within the Church to address them.

My favorite chapter was the tenth, entitled How to Bleed. Although the book clearly is not a how-to on living justly, this chapter and the Additional Resources
section that follows provide some clear steps for readers who are
seeking to engage with God’s work of justice here in the US and around
the world.

Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds is a significant contribution to the growing body of books that are
seeking to draw the Church back to faithful living in the area of
justice. Are you interested in living more justly? Then read this book.