Basil Sparks has crafted a book unlike any I have read, in his, FINDING MY LOST VOICE: By Acting Justly, Loving Kindness and Walking Humbly with God. And in a very good manner.
He covers nine areas: privilege; invalidation; canceling; false teaching; appropriate pride in his fallible homeland; being a peacemaker; poverty and vulnerability; humility, self-image and sexual temptation; and finally, growing old and remaining relevant.
Now I personally feel guilty at being white in a world that has caused atrocities against others, and specifically blacks, but the author is definitely not racist, and speaks out for racial equality, but feels that reverse racism is also unfortunate and wants it to come to an end. I think that might take a long time, maybe longer than we imagine.
The books hinges on God’s Word, but specifically on Micah 6:8, which calls us as Christians to righteousness, mercy and humility; these are things Christians as myself have been known to lack as well as perhaps known to live out, but while many things Sparks writes about may seem obvious, his collection of topics, as given, map out and create an atmosphere that can help to rewire us back to proper behavior and a more loving, just world.
This is the second book, but very different otherwise from the last such, that has, while not the Word of God, specifically, helped me to change and grow as a person. I can say that while some books transport us, and some leave us thrilled or comforted, Finding My Lost Voice’, can help the reader like a compass, truing him or her to a better standard, growing its audience closer to the maker, to make society a little more just, merciful and humble, like throwing starfishes back in the ocean, restoring one life at a time.
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South African pastor and author, Reverend Basil Sparks:
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