CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
1. Our Next Door Savior
PART ONE—NO PERSON HE WON’T TOUCH
2. Christ’s Theme Song
Every Person
3. Friend of Flops
Shady People
4. The Hand God Loves to Hold
Desperate People
5. Try Again
Discouraged People
6. Spit Therapy
Suffering People
7. What Jesus Says at Funerals
Grieving People
8. Getting the Hell Out
Tormented People
9. It’s Not Up to You
Spiritually Weary People
10. The Trashman
Imperfect People
PART TWO—NO PLACE HE WON’T GO
11. He Loves to Be with the Ones He Loves
Every Place
12. What’s It Like?
Inward Places
13. A Cure for the Common Life
Ordinary Places
14. Oh, to Be DTP-Free!
Religious Places
15. Tire Kicker to Car Buyer
Unexpected Places
16. The Long, Lonely Winter
Wilderness Places
17. God Gets into Things
Stormy Places
18. Hope or Hype?
The Highest Place
19. Abandoned!
Godforsaken Places
20. Christ’s Coup de Grâce
God-Ordained Places
21. Christ’s Crazy Claim
Incredible Places
Conclusion: Still in the Neighborhood
Discussion Guide
Notes