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" Finally....", What a refreshing read! Christianity involving other people in their lives as opposed to the stage of a church. We can read this and realize that God lives outside the Sunday morning gatherings also. As we learn from the New Testament, Jesus and his disciples did their teachings out on their feet in the towns, villages, and countrysides. Thank you Jim for sharing your experiences and stories, the story about the girls in Asia and the young man who was alone particularly brought the seeming lack of focus of our christianity or religion into focus. What does Church mean if we forget those who can't get there? Brilliant book!

"Humor best left to others", I have been reading this book for about five days. I usually burn through a book rather quickly so this one is a slower read for me as it is not a long book.

I believe the primary purpose of a book is to open our minds for learning- expansion. Some do it through being a truly enjoyable read- I do not find that to be the case with this one. Don't get me wrong, I like the concept of sharing the insights of one flawed human with another. Misery loves company and seeing that I am not alone in my ineptness provides some relief.

What I struggle with is Mr. Palmer's use of humor. For me, it is way to predictable and pulls from the overall work. As an example, Robert Fulghgum says, "Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you." That is slightly ironic and humorous-it adds to his work. Mr. Palmer's are not up to the same level.

It probably sounds like I am panning this book- not the case. I am glad I am reading it. Dealing with life's everyday grind- more importantly sharing the experiences with others is invaluable. This book does that very well.

"Back To The Roots Of The 1st Century Christian Church", ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! This book is a "must read" for anyone searching for deeper meaning in their walk with God. It opens the christian's mind and eyes to a lifestyle and not a belief... something that the 21st century church needs desperately.

"DIVINE NOBODIES", A MUST IF U ARE GOING TO GROW AND HAVE A INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD.

"This is what the walk of faith is really about.", After spending years in church disillusioned and discouraged and after leaving the church altogether, I've read many excellent books written by people who have walked the same road. This was one of those books and it was incredibly encouraging and inspiring. This is practical faith being walked out in small, meaningful ways by people who, like the author states, are "nobodies". I admire people who do naturally resemble Jesus and don't even realize it. That is the result of relationship with the Father-a life that resembles Jesus for no personal gain whatsoever.

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"Ever wonder if there is more to faith than religion? ", I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Jim Palmer gives us examples of the Jesus he sees in others, giving skin and words to the message of Christ in ways most churches wouldn't dream of. This book is great for people of religious traditions that have a lot of theology and tradition and that seem to claim an exclusive monopoly on Jesus at the expense of other Christian denominations. It will help you branch out and understand that the God whom you are seeking to find is sooooo much bigger than any religious tradition. Many people I have met who come from very "conservative" Christian denominations often do not understand that there is a difference between religion and faith as all that they have been taught is that you need one to have the other. This book helps one shed the shackles of that archaic idea and allows one to breathe the fresh, new air of spiritual freedom, released from well-intentioned yet misguided religious traditions through the experiences Jim has had with various people along the way. It makes a lot of sense to me that we will learn much, much more about Jesus from the sorts of people that He hung out with than from Fathers or Pastors or Priests. Jim allows us to share in his experiences and grow in our knowledge of Christ.

"The writings in this book are of love.", The writings in this book are of love...just what Jesus and all SPIRITUAL leaders speak of. Jim has a way of seeing that love in all things that many people may just pass over as the ordinary. I'm a spiritual being and have never been interested in religions' versions of spirituality or the Bible, which to me, seems to be infiltrated with man's low energy input. After reading Divine Nobodies, and seeing how Jim captured the beauty, love and truth in everyday moments, I became excited about some scriptures in the Bible for the first time in my life. Thank you Jim Palmer for sharing your journey with us so honestly and completely.

"Reminds us that the world is bigger than our little ecclesiastical corner", It's the people we don't always notice who have taught Jim Palmer the most important lessons in his life. Not the preacher, not the theology professor, not even his church doctrine. In fact, Palmer has spent most of his adult life un learning what he was taught as a seminary student, evangelical preacher, and general I'm-in-church-when-the-doors-are-open kind of guy.

Perhaps because each chapter is devoted to someone you'd least expect, and there isn't any other appropriate place to say it, Palmer gives us two intros to his book. The first is a random list of facts about himself, one of which is that he has Tourette Syndrome.

He was a rising star in the evangelical sky until his marriage dissolved as a result of his wife's adultery. Suddenly there was no place for him in his religious world. "I surmised heaven had me marked too, no longer just a child of God, by now a divorced one." This was the beginning of Palmer's reflections on just what God really feels about people like himself. His pain is tangible: "I shamefully assumed my place in the land of misfit toys on the outskirts of God's kingdom."

It is from this starting block that God begins teaching him lessons from the overlooked people around him - the hip-hop friend who exposes the hypocrisy he's seen in Christian artists, the waffle house waitress who has tried attending church, but has concluded from her treatment there that the church doesn't want her. The friend who is a homosexual, and also a Christian. This acquaintance is alienated by the church and even by Palmer himself. He gets us thinking (without condoning immorality of any sort), even wondering to ourselves, can there be such a thing as a homosexual Christian?

The handicapped little girl in the library gets a whole chapter, because he suddenly realizes that God loves her even though she is "useless" to Him in most people's eyes. Can God love him, even if he can no longer be the celebrated evangelical preacher he once aspired to be? He grapples with what exactly it is about us that God loves, anyway..

The book asks questions. The answers aren't stated, but we get them. Should the church be deciding how we vote? What about the megachurch and the megapreachers? Should Christianity revolve around a church at all? Can a local business be "Christian" without displaying a fish? And what does that look like?

It's uncomfortable to read. It's a poignant and yes, uncomfortable message. Palmer's turbulent childhood and depression are not the stuff cheerful books are made of. He shows us things going on around the world we don't want to think about. But this is God's world, and we are somehow glad he's reminding us that the world is bigger than our little ecclesiastical corner.

Palmer comes to grips with his Catholic roots, and he learns to listen to God and pray in a true and meaningful way. But it's not a way he learns easily. And as important as it is to know what is right and what is wrong, it may end up being even more valuable to learn that "you can be technically right about God without really knowing Him."

--Reviewed by Carol Kurtz for TitleTrakk

"religionless Christianity", Well, this is the book for you. This is a very interesting book. The author is very self deprecating, funny, insightful, honest, vulnerable. Makes me want to meet the author, share a beer and a prayer with him. It's sad though, because its another reminder of how poorly we are doing as a church of reaching out to our neighbors, or helping people to really understand how to have a relationship with G-d without just a long list of rules. Read it and weep and laugh...

"Jim is Jim.", And God is God...and God (as we remember every Christmas) has a way of appearing in the strangest places and wrapped in the oddest bodies. If you can read this book and not think of some "divine nobodies" who have been placed in your path, you are not paying attention! I started making my own list!

I hope Jim chronicles what happens next...I want to know more about this new walk with God.