Table of Contents
Foreword Seth Haines 13
Introduction: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit 17
Part 1 Weakness
1 The Nakedness of Need: The Glorious Weakness of Poverty 25
2 The Ransom of Words: The Glorious Weakness of Longing 45
3 A Secondhand God and a Place to Call Home: The Glorious Weakness of Lack 65
Part 2 Hope
4 I Am Not Labeled, I Am Named: The Hope of Identity 83
5 Uncomfortable Love: The Hope of Community 99
6 I Walk with a Limp: The Hope of Brokenness 115
7 Where Home Is: The Hope of Ordinary 131
Part 3 Strength
8 Let Us Rejoice and Be Sad: The Strength of Lament 145
9 Starving to the Feast: The Strength of Dependence 163
10 The God of the Lost: The Strength of Being Found 179
Part 4 Glory
11 And If Not, He Is Still Good: The Glory of the Beloved 205
Acknowledgments 223
Notes 229