Letting you in on a secret
Thursday, September 02, 2010 | Tony Nolan
If you haven’t heard yet, I’ve written a book. It’s called HURT HEALER.
I want to let you in on a little secret about the book. Well, its not really a secret as much as it’s an “insider” piece of information. In a book there is an inside flap on the book cover that tells you what the book is about. Mine actually contains a quote from my pastor and then it has a small section that describes the content of the book. Well, I had something entirely different I wanted to be placed in that section. However, I just could not get it out of my head and on my laptop. I knew what it was that I wanted to say that would help you get the content but I just couldn’t write it. I had writers block for the inside flap. How goofy is that?
After the final edit and the final deadline, I failed to give them any content to describe the book. I had to leave it in the hands of the team at Baker. I thought they did a good job but I was still freaking out that what I had in my heart I could not get into words. Two weeks out from the release date I sat down at my computer and while typing some talking points for radio interviews about the book something came all over me and in one minute I summed up the whole book and the reason I wrote it in the first place. You are now about to read it....
“All around you are hurting people who are in need of the healing that Christianity provides. But the grind of life deafens our ears to their cry and steals our attention from their need.
Hurt Healer is a stethoscope made of paper, ink and ideas that silences distractions and helps us catch God’s heartbeat for the hurting.
But be warned, this is not a ‘dim the lights and burn a candle’ read. It is not a relaxing rub, but deep tissue therapy. I wrote it to rouse a revolt against spiritual indifference and to provoke a riot of passionate evangelistic humanitarianism. This is the Gospel with the safety off!
In Matthew 5:16, Jesus told us to shine our lights. In essence, He wants us to share our faith. But for many Christians, their lights are off because the Status Quo has short circuited their motivation. This makes the world a dark place to be. Hurt Healer flips the breaker and electrifies a new passion for evangelism. It puts a high voltage spotlight on the good news of the Gospel. News so good that it heals.
We all have friends, neighbors, coworkers and family members who are far from God and whose hearts are hurt so deeply, they seem beyond reach or repair. Hurt Healer breaks the code to mending their hearts. It provides access for the hurting to experience the joy of a God who can heal the deepest wounds of their soul.”
Well thats it. How does it sound? My Wife has read the book and she says it’s “spot on”! I hope you end up getting the book for all the reasons I mentioned above but also because all the proceeds from the book go to our non-profit ministry. They are used to help the hurting pay for housing, utilities, and groceries. It’s all about good deeds meeting good news. So we share the Gospel as we share the groceries! Your purchase will also be used to help orphans all over the world.
With hopes you’ll help me heal some hurts
Tony Nolan