Starting Simple: Conversations About the Way We Live
Bob Sitze
In today’s complex and busy world, people yearn for simpler lives. Bob Sitze offers Starting Simple to help readers live joyfully and justly. Because Sitze believes conversations change us as individuals and that most important social changes take place through conversation, he invites us into heart-to-heart conversations about simple living.
Sitze helps readers and others in their congregations:
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Learn what the Scriptures have to say about living a godly life in these times.
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Find ways to repent of unsustainable lifestyle choices.
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Gather courage to change the ways we think and live.
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Speak and listen to the struggles of others, with honesty and respect.
This practical book includes side trips filled with thoughtful quotes, short stories, and activities. Readers may use it to spark conversations, invite sharing, make decisions, ask for forgiveness, or encourage others who are ready to change. Congregations will find it a good guide for small group discussions, family negotiations, or educational programming.
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Praise for the Book
“Social justice starts with our own lives and our relationships with each other. In Starting Simple, Bob Sitze shows how we can create change by becoming better stewards of our lives. He offers us as Christians a multitude of creative ideas for finding and living what's truly important.” —David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World
About the Author
Bob Sitze
is director for hunger education for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. An experienced educator and writer, Sitze has been an observer—and servant—of congregations for more than 40 years. He is the author of
Not Trying Too Hard
(Alban, 2001) and
Your Brain Goes to Church
(Alban, 2005).
ISBN# 978-1-56699-354-8
Alban No. AL344
paper, 192 pages
2007
In stock
$17.00
($13.60 for members)
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