"In this rich and satisfying study, \[Blue\] draws from both her own life's journey, and from the stories of those to whom she ministers, to explore some of the better-known biblical accounts in a new way, enabling the casual reader to find value in a book that some consider filled with fables and morality tales. Indeed, Blue displays not just knowledge of the book, but an intimacy with its underlying meaning. Her prose is clear and precise, written for the lay reader who is interested in many of the questions raised by the emerging church movement."--Publishers Weekly  
  
"First off, it must be said without equivocation: Debbie Blue is a brilliant writer. She masterfully and winsomely weaves the sublime and the mundane, the stones and the living words. And we can all count ourselves blessed that she has turned her literary talents on the Bible, that tome that many of us feel attracted to and repelled by at the same time. Debbie Blue will help you fall in love with the Bible (again). If you long for living words, read this book!"--__Tony Jones__, author of The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier "For many, scripture is the fossilized detritus of rationalism and moralism. Debbie Blue's soulful reconstitution of the Christ narrative is nothing short of divine alchemy. Absolutely brilliant."--__Sally Morgenthaler__, coauthor of An Emergent Manifesto of Hope "From Stone to Living Word is a brilliant and dazzling book that invites us to read scripture with renewed wonder, curiosity, rigor, and imagination. In a literary voice that is at once lyrical, earthy, and smart, Debbie Blue writes with a generosity of spirit, humor, humility, and clarity about a topic that is so often fraught with technical debates and controversy. In this intensely readable book, Blue calls us beyond mere intellectual engagement with text to encounter the present reality of the living God."--__Mark Scandrette__, author of Soul Graffiti

__Debbie Blue__ is a founding pastor of House of Mercy (HOM) in St. Paul, Minnesota. HOM is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches in the USA and is committed to the diverse and rich theology and worship of the Christian church, worldwide and historical. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Blue is also the author of Sensual Orthodoxy. She lives on a farm outside of the twin cities with her husband and two children.

Many Christians sense that their encounters with the Bible are supposed to be deep, life-forming, and powerful, but that isn't always the case. They may be overly familiar with the text to the point of finding it predictable, or they may be disillusioned with the church. Too often, and for a variety of reasons, believers make the Bible an idol and unwittingly turn the Word into stone.  
  
Author and pastor Debbie Blue helps readers discover how to turn the stone back into living Word. She first gives general guidelines for letting the Bible breathe, then looks at the Bible's main themes as dynamically encouraging and challenging. Blue frees believers from dumbed-down spirituality as she reveals that the Word is alive and thrilling.

A pastor with a fresh voice helps skeptical readers come to a new understanding and appreciation of the Bible.

Part One: Making Stones  
1\. Nooses and Knots  
2\. Ancient Riddles  
Part Two: Reviving the Dead Marrow  
3\. In the Beginning  
4\. The Original Lie  
5\. A Midrash on the Tower of Babel  
6\. God's Mouth on Our Nostrils  
7\. Two Mule-Loads of Dirt  
Flesh  
8\. The Ultimate Anti-Idolatry Story  
9\. Mary the Mother of God  
10\. A Pathological Attraction to Revolutionaries  
11\. Look At How You Hear  
12\. How to Entangle Him in His Talk  
13\. Tip the Boat Over  
Blood  
14\. Drinking to the Dregs   
15\. Murdering God  
16\. Everlasting Life  
17\. Reverse Glory  
Epilogue: Food  
18\. Delight in the Fatness and Live

Blue, Debbie

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Part One: Making Stones 

1. Nooses and Knots

2. Ancient Riddles

Part Two: Reviving the Dead  Marrow 

3. In the Beginning

4. The Original Lie

5. A Midrash on the Tower of Babel

6. God's Mouth on Our Nostrils

7. Two Mule-Loads of Dirt

Flesh 

8. The Ultimate Anti-Idolatry Story

9. The Mother of God

10. A Pathological Attraction to Revolutionaries

11. Look at How You Hear

12. How to Entangle Him in His Talk

13. Tip the Boat Over

Blood 

14. Drinking to the Dregs

15. Murdering God

16. Everlasting Life

17. Reverse Glory

epilogue: Food 

18. Delight in the Fatness and Live

Notes 

Provides a look at a book we think we know inside and out - the Bible.

Many Christians sense that their encounters with the Bible are supposed to be deep, life-forming, and powerful, but that isn't always the case. They may be overly familiar with the text to the point of finding it predictable, or they may be disillusioned with the church. Too often, and for a variety of reasons, believers make the Bible an idol and unwittingly turn the Word into stone. Author and pastor Debbie Blue helps readers discover how to turn the stone back into living Word. She first gives general guidelines for letting the Bible breathe, then looks at the Bible's main themes as dynamically encouraging and challenging. Blue frees believers from dumbed-down spirituality as she reveals that the Word is alive and thrilling.

Debbie Blue is a founding pastor of House of Mercy (HOM) in St. Paul, Minnesota. HOM is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches in the USA and is committed to the diverse and rich theology and worship of the Christian church, worldwide and historical. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Blue is also the author of Sensual Orthodoxy. She lives on a farm outside of the twin cities with her husband and two children.

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