Synopsis: Against the Tide, Towards the Kingdom is the story of the
Urban Vision community in New Zealand. This book recounts the story
of a group of young Christian adults who over the last fifteen
years have relocated to the colorful ends of their city to share
life with those who are struggling, homeless, sick, poor,
neglected, or otherwise marginalized. The community has grown over
time to seven neighborhoods where on any given day you may find
"Urban Visionites" growing vegetables amidst the concrete, teaching
English to refugees, offering alternative education programs to out
of school teenagers, fostering children, doing church with the
homeless, offering friendship to the mentally ill, roasting fair
trade coffee, running kids clubs, moms groups, tenant meetings or
just sharing yet another cup of tea with their neighbors. In fact
sharing is a good summary of the whole shape of this exciting
movement. They share homes, food, money, vehicles, jobs, prayers,
dreams, conversations, fun, tears, pain, hope, healing,
transformation . . . they share the whole of life with each other
and with their neighbors. They live the gospel, this good news of
Jesus. Endorsements: "As you flip through these pages, you feel
your soul start to breathe better. It is a call to break free from
all that suffocates us and to live with the recklessness and
innocence of the lilies and sparrows. Justin and Jenny not only
invite you to reject the counterfeit splendor and empty promises
but they point you towards new rhythms and holy habits that move
the world a little closer to God's dream for it." -Shane Claiborne
author, activist, recovering sinner "Honest and deeply reflective,
Jenny and Justin Duckworth have granted us a window on the beauty,
the mess, the joy, and the pain of missional community. What they
have discovered is that we can live fuller, more gracious lives in
community, mission, and contemplation than we can by living in our
nuclear family fortresses. This journey against the tide of a
consumption-oriented culture will require us to put to death our
tiresome and lonely lives of delicious self-absorption, but the
promise of discovery and adventure in our voyage to a more
sustainable and simplified life of shalom is painted for us with
such striking honesty and beauty that we are compelled to set out
on the waka. This is not a book, it is an invitation. I urge you
not just to read it, but to accept it." -Scott Bessenecker
Associate Director of Missions InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship/USA Author Biography: Jenny and Justin Duckworth were
founders of Urban Vision movement.
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