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    The Weight of Mercy: A Novice Pastor on the City Streets

    By Deb Richardson-Moore

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    -What kind of church nails its doors shut? -That would be the Triune Mercy Center. -And I am its pastor.- For 27 years Deb was a journalist in the Deep South. Then she retrained as a Baptist pastor, and accepted a post at the Triune Mercy Center, a run-down inner-city church where the homeless gathered. It was a shock. Gradually she learned whom she could trust ' and whom she couldn't. Sometimes the best person to handle a situation was a drug addict. Sometimes Jesus had the face of a prostitute. All were fiercely welcomed into this bewildering church family. Full of color and incident, Deb's story is a testament to messy grace and the presence of the Spirit in the hard places of the world. "Deb Richardson-Moore is one of my 'most admired' people. I love her heart, her experience-learned wisdom, her honesty and her passion. You will praise God for the work He is doing at the Triune Mercy Center." ' Ruth Graham, author of In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart -At the Triune Center, Deb not only found Christ among 'the least of these', but she also experienced Christ drawing her into His grand drama of redemption. Here is a loving, realistic account of a life commandeered for the work of God's Kingdom.-' Will Willimon, Bishop, The United Methodist Church and Professor of Christian Ministry, Duke University Divinity School -Immensely moving and inspiring, reminding us of the power of grace.-' Patrick Regan OBE, Founder and CEO of XLP -Causes you to see people in a way you never would have realised. Real, authentic and recommended reading.-' Roy Crowne, Executive Director, Hope
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonarch Books
    Release dateAug 24, 2012
    ISBN9780857213877
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    The Weight of Mercy: A Novice Pastor on the City Streets
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    Deb Richardson-Moore

    Deb Richardson-Moore is a former national award-winning journalist, who became a pastor of the Triune Mercy Center in downtown Greenville, South Carolina. She is the author of the succesful Branigan Powers Mystery series. Deb is a popular speaker at book clubs, universities and colleges. She has also won numerous awards for her philanthropy and community involvement, including the 2014 Women Making History Award from the Greenville Cultural Exchange Center and the 2016 Public & Community Service Award from the Atlantic Institute. A graduate of Wake Forest University, Deb and her husband live in South Carolina.

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    • 4/5
      I was initially interested in this book, because like the author, I am a pastor in my first-call -- and looked forward to reading of another's experience. Deb shared many stories -- some funny, others heartbreaking, but all authentic -- and wove them together in one fluid narrative. She is engaging as a story teller and writer. And, I believe this is a book that is not only for preachers -- but everyone to read. Her's is not a typical first-call experience of a pastor -- and as such, is an experience that many people can find interesting and learn from.
    • 3/5
      it was a real good read, had some great stories, you could feel the the trials she went through, I didn't agree with all her theology, but thought she did great work and is a good writer.
    • 5/5
      With enthralling and respectful insight, Pastor Deb has opened our eyes to the world of difficult ministry. While ministry in many respects can bring out the worst in people, following Jesus' call to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick, and give hope to the outcasts can truly wrench the soul. Pastor Deb's writing style makes it very easy to read about those things that are very difficult. I applaud her for listening to the call of God in her life and staying the course even when it seemed like the world was crashing to pieces around her. This is a must read for anyone in ministry or anyone wanting to see what it truly looks like to live the gospel.
    • 4/5
      Deb Richardson-Moore started her working career as a newspaper reporter but when her child went off to college she decided she wanted to return to college also. She planned to major in Comparative Religion but soon felt the call to go into the ministry. Although when she graduated she was ordained as a Baptist minister her first assignment was at Triune United Methodist Church in Greenville, South Carolina. It was a church that had started out as a typical suburban middle-class neighborhood church but when Deb was assigned there the neighborhood had become run down, with many poor and homeless constituents. The church now served a few remaining original members and worked as a mission service to the needy and homeless who dominated the neighborhood. With great compassion Deb struggled to serve these people as she learned the lessons of the difference between helping and enabling and the necessity of “tough love.” Her journey to become the successful pastor of a mission church is fascinating and heart-warming and a tribute to how God can give us the strength and courage to minister in ways that we never imagined we could.
    • 4/5
      Finally, a Christian book I can recommend because of the excellent writing. Of course, the author was a professional journalist for 27 years before she became a pastor! The writing is great - she shows not only her own struggles with her calling to bring Jesus' love to the least of us, but also the very hypocritical thinking and actions of "church". It read like an adventure or survival story, and was very inspiring too.
    • 5/5
      What a powerful story! This is a lady I'd like to meet!
    • 4/5
      You've passed them. I have passed them, too. Panhandlers, especially those who are clearly ill, have physical infirmaties, or whose sign catches my heart: mostly I pass them by. Mostly I say, "there are agencies who deal with these issues.Pastor Deb, it turns out, runs one "of those agencies." Her painful conclusion has been that you feed the homeless food and watch them eat it, you do not give them food that they, in turn, sell for drugs.There is a line between helping and enabling. It isn't easy to see. Her conclusions were not reached easily, but I think she sits with them easily now that they have come to her.