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Go and Do: Daring to Change the World One Story at a Time
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Milbrandt, Jay.
Go and do : daring to change the world one story at a time / Jay Milbrandt.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-4143-6135-2 (sc)
1. Human rights—Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Evangelistic work. 3. Change—Religious aspects—Christianity. 4. Change (Psychology)—Religious aspects—Christianity. 5. Milbrandt, Jay. I. Title.
BT738.15.M55 2012
248.4—dc23 2012003016
For Ami, Amey, Faifah, Four, Jupee, and Suwanan.
May I one day be able to return to you even
a fraction of what you’ve given me.
Contents
Chapter 1: A Dare in the Desert
Chapter 4: It’s Not about Changing the World
Chapter 6: We Are the Solution
Chapter 9: The Power of Presence
Chapter 10: Use Words If Necessary
Chapter 11: Living Dangerously
Chapter 12: Making Goodness Fashionable
Chapter 13: All the World’s a Stage
Chapter 14: Putting It All Together
Author’s Note
Sometimes It Is about You
WE WERE RAISED to believe that each of us is special. From day one, we’re told that we’re all unique, that we all have a purpose. We are promised that there’s a college or job that is perfect for us. We can each follow our own course in life. We can live whatever we dream. Yet we often find ourselves at a crossroads where nothing seems to make sense anymore. That special, unique purpose doesn’t appear to exist, like we got on the wrong train and we can’t get back. You find yourself asking, What am I doing here?
What makes it worse is that we get mixed messages. If all these things we’ve been led to believe are true, how do we embrace a parallel message that life is not supposed to be about us? How can it be anything but about me when I’m still trying to figure myself out? And how do I respond when I’m told that I’m supposed to die to myself? I don’t even understand what that means. I’m still struggling to live life for myself.
Sometimes it is about you. Sometimes you need to figure things out for yourself. If you’ve had that moment or ...
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About Go and Do: Daring to Change the World One Story at a Time
With an MBA and a law degree from Pepperdine University, Jay Milbrandt had the world at his feet. But rather than following his peers into big firms with high profile clients and even higher salaries, Jay has chosen a completely different road—a journey that has led him across large portions of the globe to “go and do likewise,” as Jesus modeled and instructed in His life on this earth. In his efforts to bring justice and healing to people all around the world, Jay’s pursuit of justice has become an adventure far greater than he could have ever dreamed or imagined. |
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