Words Made Flesh

I first saw this book in a graduate level course designed to help church workers, as nonprofessional counselors, understand how to help the people they encounter. I was awed by how profound, yet simple, the insights in this book are. For example, Ferder stresses that our feelings, even "bad" ones, are gifts from God to help us seek healing. She calls them "moments of Grace." Often working from the original Greek, Ferder explains the meaning of words like "compassion" and "caring" in more depth than the English translation might lead one to expect. Ferder is also very careful to provide balance -- for instance, when is serving Godly and when is it self-destructive? She provides guidelines. I'm buying a copy for my church library.

We have made Jesus into so much of a superstar we fail to recognize why he came to our world in the first place....Ferder's analysis of Jesus is finally a work that reveals Jesus in real world terms.....Christ is a person who posseses the passions and insights we all possess...Christ's ability to cut through those side shows that distract us is "The Way" to see why Phillip the apostle is told..I am the way the truth and the life The no one comes to the Father except through me"... Phillip is being gently reminded by Jesus that only Jesus can be for others what The Father wants for Jesus...and Jesus only...He can not be what the Father wants to shine through Phillip...and if Phillip realizes this he will do things "equal and even greater than (Jesus) I" We live after slowly sipping the fine wine Ferder uncorks....so.....Read, sip a little, and live!

We have made Jesus into so much of a superstar we fail to recognize why he came to our world in the first place....Ferder's analysis of Jesus is finally a work that reveals Jesus in real world terms.....Christ is a person who posseses the passions and insights we all possess...Christ's ability to cut through those side shows that distract us is "The Way" to see The Father better...When we recognize the map that Ferder reveals to us...we can see clearly that Phillip is told plainly....I am the Way, The Truth, and the Life...because he is gently reminded that only Jesus can be for others what The Father wants for Jesus...and Jesus only...He can not be what the Father wants to shine through Phillip...and if Phillip realizes this he will do things "equal and even greater than (Jesus) I" We live after slowly sipping the fine wine Ferder delivers....so.....Read and live!