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Viral Hope: Good News from the Urbs to the Burbs (and everything in between)

April 7, 2010

Almost a year ago to the day, my friend JR Woodward asked me to contribute a post to a series he was doing on his blog.

I was asked to answer the question,

If your local city newspaper asked you to describe the ‘Good News,’ what would you write?

I was living and pastoring in Memphis, TN at the time, a city broken and divided in many ways, so I was more than happy to participate.

A year later, that series has morphed into a book, Viral Hope: Good News from the Urbs to the Burbs (and everything in between).

The most exciting thing about the book, to me anyway, is that as I read these essays, I realize that I am privileged to personally know about 1/2 of these men and women who have a deep gospel hope for the place in which they live.  I’m almost as excited that this book marks the debut of Ecclesia Press, a new publishing division of the Ecclesia Network that I think has the potential to be a huge resource to missional church leaders by giving voice to those who are in the missional trenches, seeking to cultivate disciples and communities that join in God’s mission in the world.

Here’s a blog post with links to the 50 authors of the book and their original posts.

If you are looking to pick up 1-4 copies of the book, you’ll need to go to Amazon.  But, if you’d like to pick up 5 or more, be sure to go to the Ecclesia Press site to get discounts based on the quantity of your order.

You can follow ViralHopeBook, EcclesiaPress, and EcclesiaNet on twitter.  Or, if you really wanna get crazy, you can follow me

Posted in: books, Ecclesia Network, missional