{"product_id":"slow-church-c-christopher-smith-9780830841141","title":"Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders' Choice Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In \u003ci\u003eSlow Church, \u003c\/i\u003e Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Christopher Smith, John Pattison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0830841148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780830841141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Book of the Year - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/23\/2014 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 22","brand":"C. Christopher Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047478096127,"sku":"9780830841141","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dee48bf1-08a6-436e-8cf3-e7cc27b03f90.jpg?v=1684990440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slow-church-c-christopher-smith-9780830841141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}