Join in God’s movement of renewing all things. Three crises and their aftershocks have brought dramatic change to our lives and world – the pandemic, social conflict, and political turmoil. Deep layers of anxiety and brokenness have been revealed in our lives, churches, and communities.
But award-winning author Chris Rice sees the challenges of our day as a historic opportunity for renewal and fresh growth. As he examines eight interrelated crises exposed in our time, he provides pathways for followers of Christ to bring transformation and healing to their lives and communities. Covering topics ranging from a burnout society and a polarized nation to our own divided selves, Rice helps readers to understand this emerging world that will reshape our lives for decades to come.
Drawing from his work across divides domestically and around the world, and writing with vulnerability and honesty about his own failings, he sets forth transformative practices that can move us toward social healing and spiritual renewal.
Chris Rice is an award-winning writer, social entrepreneur, and global networker dedicated to fostering social healing and spiritual renewal, grounded in his Christian faith. From grassroots community development and racial healing work in Mississippi, to peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula, to global advocacy at the United Nations, Chris has dedicated his life to pursuing positive change with leaders and organizations across the world. He co-founded the influential Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation and transformative faith-based peacemaking initiatives in East Africa, Northeast Asia, and New York City. His work, writing, and four books, including Reconciling All Things and From Pandemic to Renewal, have inspired tens of thousands of readers and leaders to meaningful action for a more just and peaceful world. Chris’s deep belief is that the difficult challenges of our time can become holy ground for social renewal and spiritual transformation.
Endorsements
“From Pandemic to Renewal is a timely and powerful book. Writing beautifully, persuasively, and vulnerably as he shares his own life experience, Chris Rice invites us into disciplines that help us learn to see and thus know the world in which we live. Only such seeing shaped by a lively spiritual and moral imagination can renew us, the church, and our world.”
–Emmanuel Katongole, priest, professor, and pilgrim
“‘For the first time in the eight decades since World War II, the entire world has been affected by the same devastating crisis at the same time.’ These words written by Chris Rice highlight the unique moment we have journeyed through. But this moment—in a culture that quickly and mindlessly moves on—requires sustained reflection on the ways the global pandemic has shaped and continues to shape our lives. With clarity of vision and actionable practices, Chris powerfully explores the ways we are globally connected as well as the opportunities for renewal that are before us. This is a book we all need, every single one of us.”
–Rich Villodas, lead pastor of New Life Fellowship and author of The Deeply Formed Life
“In the midst of crisis, the church finds an opportunity. My friend Chris Rice has written a text that shines the moral lens of our Christian faith on the complex social reality we find ourselves in as a church. Chris offers a compelling and hopeful vision of how spiritual practices can provide the power and opportunity for Christian witness. He offers the possibility of hope even in these challenging times.”
–Soong-Chan Rah, Robert Munger Professor of Evangelism at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of Prophetic Lament
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