Monday, September 22, 2008
I just finished a great book a couple of days ago. It is entitled "Same Kind of Different as Me". It was recommended to me by my minister, who had just completed reading the book. I am sure glad I was retired before I heard about this book and began to read it! I started it and couldn't put it down. I finished it in just a little over 48 hours—which is something of a record for me! I am usually not a quick reader.
One of the unusual things about this book for me is that not only could I hardly put the book down (I read until after 3:00 o’clock A. M. one morning to finish the book!) but even when I wasn’t reading the book I was thinking about it.
Without giving away too much about the book, it is a true story written by two unlikely friends--one, a former share cropper from the South who lived in slave-like conditions for the early part of his life, and the other a white art dealer from the city. Denver Moore finally jumped onto a train out of the South and headed to the city where he would live on the streets as a homeless man for most of his life. Ron Hall was coerced by his wife to leave their upscale neighborhood and begin serving in a downtown shelter. Ron and Denver meet in that shelter and the rest of the story is a record of their developing relationship with each other, their relationship with God, and how they overcome tragedy and discover how God can use two very unlikely men in a very similar way.
Part of the book was difficult for me to read because of recent events in my life but I am so glad that I read the book. It may not be something everyone would read but if you want something to give you an honest look at a part of life some of us hopefully will know nothing about, I highly recommend this book. If you pick it up, let me know what you think.
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