Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Find a simple yet revolutionary path to loving others, God, and even ourselves by discovering the everyday adventure of entering another person's story. Now more than ever, love seems to be absent from our attitudes, words, and actions. We say we love others, but really we don't. Instead, we're quick to shake our fists at drivers, judge the stranger who looks strange, and trash the person online who thinks differently than we do. Instead of loving, we hurt, belittle, and overlook people.
But there's a better way. You see, love has a name, and that name is Jesus.
Jesus didn't just talk about love generally; instead, he loved people personally--getting face to face with them, listening to their stories, learning their names.
Adam Weber believes this is the secret to love. The chapters of this book record his own journey to understanding how to love, named after the people he's tried to love well and those who've radically loved him. Through these stories--some touching, some difficult, some hilarious--you'll see what real love looks like in the lives of real people. Sometimes the people we least expect.
Synopsis
Discover the joy of stepping out and intentionally loving the people around you. "Love has a name, and that name isn't Mark or Adam or even yours That name is Jesus, and when we make love about him, everything else falls into place. Struggling to love? Pick up this book "--Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker and lead pastor of National Community Church
Who does Jesus love? The stranger who looks strange. The driver who cuts us off in traffic. The person online who thinks differently than we do.
Loving people is hard. Especially when it involves the difficult people in our lives and those different from us. We say we love others, but really we don't. Instead of loving, we hurt, belittle, and overlook people. Which is precisely why we need to learn how to love--from Jesus and from one another.
Adam Weber knows firsthand how important it is to learn to love. And he's learned incredible lessons from incredible people--some of them quite unexpected. With hope, humor, stretched comfort zones, biblical truth, and (maybe) a few tears, Love Has a Name looks at the most powerful of these stories, showing us twenty-seven people (and one school) who have taught Adam how to love like Jesus.
One name at a time.