Meet 'the Bookless bunch', a very ordinary family who went green.  
When God challenged him over his attitude to the environment, Dave Bookless did a total rethink. This led to major changes, not only in his family's lifestyle but also eventually in his career: full-time involvement in the global A Rocha movement that aims to care for God's fragile world.  
But in one sense this book isn't about going green at all. It's a personal account of a life lived in relationship. It's about roots and belonging, suffering and healing, identity and meaning, faith and doubt. It's about how in God's economy nothing need be wasted.  
This is a story about the messiness that each human being wades through in every area of their lives, and about a God who can take all that seems most wasteful and useless, and recycle it into something of infinite worth.

Dave Bookless

God Doesn’t Do Waste

Acknowledgments and dedication

Foreword

1 A load of rubbish: Scilly story

2 Roots and rootlessness

3 Teaching and learning in Bradford and Devon

Separation

4 Cracking up

Cracks

5 Riding the roller coaster

6 Urban dreams: the birth of A Rocha UK

7 The vision unfolds

8 The miracle of Minet

9 A team and a centre

10 The vision expands: A Rocha beyond Southall

11 Lessons in lifestyle

12 Coming home

Nothing is wasted

Afterword: Unfinished

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

__Meet 'the Bookless bunch', a very ordinary family who went green.__

When God challenged him over his attitude to the environment, Dave Bookless did a total rethink. This led to major changes, not only in his family's lifestyle but also eventually in his career: full-time involvement in the global A Rocha movement that aims to care for God's fragile world.

But in one sense this book isn't about going green at all. It's a personal account of a life lived in relationship. It's about roots and belonging, suffering and healing, identity and meaning, faith and doubt. It's about how in God's economy nothing need be wasted.

This is a story about the messiness that each human being wades through in every area of their lives, and about a God who can take all that seems most wasteful and useless, and recycle it into something of infinite worth.

'This story, both of A Rocha UK and of the 'Bookless Bunch', is wonderfully and movingly told. It brought tears to my eyes and inspired me in my desire to love God and look after all that he has made. Dave has been one of the pioneers in calling the Church to pick up its mandate to take care of God's world and it has been my privilege to work with him and learn from him. I have no hesitation in encouraging you to read this book - you won't regret it!' - Ruth Valerio, author of 'L is for lifestyle'

\["For families wanting to live a little greener","Dave Bookless shares his story of finding his roots in faith and green life","A vibrant read to help you live more thoughtfully and faithfully"\]

The Good Book Stall

A multi-layered book. On one level it is the story of how a derelict waste tip in Southall became Minet Country Park, and how the Christian environmentalist group A Rocha came to the UK, but it is also the story of the awakening of the Bookless family to the fact the God loves and sorrows for His entire creation, not just mankind, and what they felt led to do about it. Their ideas have not always been greeted with enthusiasm and agreement – they have faced accusations of jumping on a worldly band-wagon and failing to put people first as Jesus did, but Dave Bookless remains entirely convinced that he has the mind of Christ in this. Any hubris, however, is more than balanced by his honest account of his own character flaws, the drawbacks, difficulties and strains of the greener life, and the reverses the family has suffered as they attempt to pursue it while inspiring others to do the same. Ultimately the message is to respect all that God has made – ourselves, each other, and everything He has given us to be stewards of, because sooner or later we will have to account for our stewardship. A sobering thought.

A multi-layered book. On one level it is the story of how a derelict waste tip in Southall became Minet Country Park, and how the Christian environmentalist group A Rocha came to the UK, but it is also the story of the awakening of the Bookless family to the fact the God loves and sorrows for His entire creation, not just mankind, and what they felt led to do about it. Their ideas have not always been greeted with enthusiasm and agreement &#150; they have faced accusations of jumping on a worldly band-wagon and failing to put people first as Jesus did, but Dave Bookless remains entirely convinced that he has the mind of Christ in this. Any hubris, however, is more than balanced by his honest account of his own character flaws, the drawbacks, difficulties and strains of the greener life, and the reverses the family has suffered as they attempt to pursue it while inspiring others to do the same. Ultimately the message is to respect all that God has made &#150; ourselves, each other, and everything He has given us to be stewards of, because sooner or later we will have to account for our stewardship. A sobering thought.

God Doesn&#146;t Do Waste

God Doesn't Do Waste

Navigation Bar

Header Default

Download the Christian360 App to read eBooks and listen to Audiobooks bought at Christian360

Download the App

God Doesn't Do Waste

Description

Need support?

Customer reviews

Download the App

Download the App