{"title":"Anita Rahma","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnita Rahma grew up in a family that loves Jesus and cares deeply about global social justice issues. Her high-school years were spent in the Philippines, where God captured her heart and began calling her to a life of ministry. After graduating from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eniversity with a degree in Culture, Religion, and Missions, Rahma joined Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor—in partnership with Virginia Mennonite Missions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto live and serve in a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia. For the past \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etwe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003el\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eve\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e years, she has lived in a slum community, now with her husband and two young sons. Rahma and her husband are founders of House of Hope, a free kindergarten and afterschool program in their slum community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW169777720 BCX9\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"335559685\":0}' data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beyond-our-walls","title":"Beyond Our Walls","description":"\u003cp\u003e[DESCRIPTION]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinding True Worth in the Slums \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith over one billion people living in urban slums today, these communities are arguably one of the largest unreached demographics in the world. The challenge is great, as are the sacrifices of living there, yet the Lord can do much with a willing follower. So, what if choosing to live in a slum is a way to become closer to Jesus?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Beyond Our Walls\u003c\/em\u003e provides a unique window into what ministry in an urban slum setting can look like. The author shares the amazing story of God’s faithfulness in her life, as she follows Jesus into the slums of Jakarta, Indonesia, and still lives there twelve years later with her husband and two young sons. Not only have her Muslim neighbors had an opportunity to get to know a follower of Jesus, but the author herself has been forever changed by her experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will be moved and challenged by this book. It provides an intriguing testimony that will appeal to those interested in Muslim\/Christian relations. And women already on the mission field will find it especially encouraging as the author reflects on the difficult aspects of mothering on the field and the faithfulness of Jesus through the hard years of parenting small children. While life in the slums is often hard, the joys are many as well.\u003c\/p\u003e [\/DESCRIPTION] [SUBTITLE]Finding Jesus in the Slums of Jakarta[\/SUBTITLE][CREDIT] Anita Rahma [\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 142 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Publishing [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2022 [\/PUBLISHYEAR] [ENDORSEMENT2]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eWho would choose to live in a slum—with the threat of eviction, fire, sickness? And how does one live there and hope to somehow contribute to a life of flourishing? Rahma's story is one of honesty, reflection, and inspiration. She does not gloss over the hard times; she tells of finding the Jesus who emptied himself to come and live among us—the same Jesus who is present with those living on the rubbish dumps of the world, who share the little they have with generosity and hospitality. Rahma's story of living for a decade in the slums of Indonesia, invites us to take seriously God's compassion for the poor, and in so doing, to find life abundant.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eDr. Irene Alexander \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsian Theological Seminary and Honorary Research Fellow Trinity College, Queensland Author, \u003cem\u003ePracticing the Presence of Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHow Relationships Work \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eKak Anita intentionally moved into the slums of Jakarta to unlearn much of how she thought life should be. In that unexpected context she met generous neighbors, fun loving children, concerned aunties, eager students—each with names and stories of their own. She also met, ‘Jesus in all his distressing disguises.’ Anita and her husband have found the courage and faith to continue on, together with their slum-dwelling community, in spite of demolition, fire, floods and various vermin and viruses. \u003cem\u003eBeyond Our Walls\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful read, full of stories that inspire a deeper trust in Jesus, who lives outside the walls and invites us to follow him there.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eRobynn Bliss \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCo-author, \u003cem\u003eExpectations and Burnout: Women Surviving the Great Commission \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT3] [ENDORSEMENT4]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eWhile many of us begin well in our lives of following Jesus, very often “the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth” (Mark 4:19) distract us, and before we know it, we are no different than those around us. In \u003cem\u003eBeyond our Walls\u003c\/em\u003e, we encounter Rahma. She is a modern-day saint, not because she doesn't make mistakes, get angry, or feel disheartened (she does all of those things), but because she has attempted to live out the love of Jesus for her neighbors, day after day, for more than a decade in a place that most Westerners would only want to visit for an hour. \u003cem\u003eBeyond Our Walls\u003c\/em\u003e is Rahma’s compelling, funny, beautifully written, and heartfelt story. May it inspire us to continue on the narrow path, for all its trash and brokenness. For as Rahma beautifully shows us, it is on that path, beyond the walls, that life is found.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eMark Delaney \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInternational Coordinator, Servants to Asia's Urban Poor Co-author, \u003cem\u003eLow Carbon and Loving It \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT4] [ENDORSEMENT5]\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBeyond Our Walls\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly immerses the reader in the stark, gritty day-to-day poverty of a Jakarta slum. Here you will learn cross-cultural mission from a radical practitioner, who dares to follow Jesus across many dividing walls, receiving and embodying God's tender, transforming love. You may well be won over by the beauty and extreme challenge in these pages to venture over to the other side—where you risk experiencing abundant life in ways you could never imagine.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eBob Ekblad \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCo-founder, Tierra Nueva \u0026amp; The People’s Seminary Author, Reading the Bible with the Damned, A New Christian Manifesto, Beautiful Gate, and Guerrilla Gospel \u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT5] [ENDORSEMENT6]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book is the poignant and painful story of a life lived in service to the urban poor. In these pages, you won’t find simple answers or a three-step formula for reaching the world. But you will find the way of Jesus—simple, humble, and present with those who are downtrodden. Read this, and you will be inspired to move out of your comfort zone and find Christ in the slums.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eCraig Greenfield \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFounder, Alongsiders International Author, Subversive Jesus and Subversion Mission \u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT6] [ENDORSEMENT7]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eWith the emergence of incarnational missions into the global slums in recent decades, idealism and reality need to be sisters. In this work, Rahma details multiple experiences of long years in the complexities of urban ministry. The stories are gripping, and Rahma’s commitment impels one forward. Her account rings with the life of God in the chaos and tragedy of broken cities. The triumphs offer hope in what often seem to be impossible situations. Anita’s story reveals an omniscient yet present God who is creating new history among the oppressed.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eViv Grigg \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFounder, MATUL program Author, \u003cem\u003eCompanion to the Poor\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCry of the Urban Poor\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Postmodern City \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT7] [ENDORSEMENT8]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThere are many reasons Christians around the world, including students and future missionaries, need to read this book. \u003cem\u003eBeyond Our Walls\u003c\/em\u003e provides a model of Christ-centered, holistic, cross-cultural mission in an extremely complex slum setting. It contains the life and stories of a gentle, strong missionary who embodies a depth of compassion, vulnerability, courage, and genuine love clearly derived from a Source greater than herself. Rahma’s ability to weave together biblical insights and creative mission practices with painful personal experiences and the slum community’s deep needs and strengths makes this a “test case” in mature mission integration. Beyond Our Walls exhorts and teaches, inspires and convicts, educates and enlightens, but never resorts to either sentimentality or self-aggrandizing drama.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eMary Thiessen Nation \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAffiliate Professor, Eastern Mennonite Seminary \u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT8] [ENDORSEMENT9]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book tells the story of a young American missionary who moved into an Indonesian slum and tied her well-being to the well-being of her neighbors. Ten years later, Anita and her husband Yosiah are still there. Said another way, this is a book about costly love—a love so costly, some would deem it unwise. Yet Jesus embraced such reckless love, and I hope Anita’s story will inspire you to do the same. In fact, this book should be required reading for all future missionaries.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eJason Porterfield\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor, \u003cem\u003eFight Like Jesus: How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT9] [ENDORSEMENT10]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book is not for an ordinary Christian who seeks comfort and success based on the American dream. This book is written to disturb our normal, lukewarm Christianity, and our false, materialistic sense of security. This book is written to call us back to our truest sense of humanity and dignity, where God, the Creator of the universe, incarnates himself in a human form and embodies the unconditional love within him. He loves us by coming as a man, who can feel, touch, and smell our deepest pain, sorrow, suffering, despair, and hopelessness. He welcomes us into a new life full of grace, love, hope, joy, peace, and freedom. Thank you, Rahma, for inviting us to follow Jesus into the slum to serve the brokenhearted, the marginalized, the neglected, and to live out the gospel of peace in everyday life. This work displays the spirituality of humility that Saint Benedict describes. Rahma’s life embodies what mission is all about.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eRev. 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Her extraordinary journey reveals the profound impact of unwavering faith when pitted against social wrongs. What fierce conviction drove this fiery Irishwoman to forsake the familiar for the forsaken, trading comfort for conflict and compassion?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Downward Discipleship\u003c\/em\u003e beckons you to learn from Amy's life—a beacon that questions the cost of true discipleship in our world of pain and injustice. In these pages, Amy's fifty-year mission to rescue temple-bound girls becomes a canvas for seven invitations of discipleship. Rahma weaves in her own stirring narrative from Jakarta's slums, presenting a model of discipleship that is demanding as it is rewarding, challenging as it is inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book calls to all who yearn for a faith that is lovingly courageous and radically sacrificial. Rahma points us to a life of downward discipleship. While many in the world clamor to climb the ladders of success and financial security, she invites the reader on a different journey: to follow our savior to unlikely places, meet him among the world’s poor, and experience the joy of abundant life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QkZR5mgPNS8?si=py_Jvb97IcGrY6_v\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/DESCRIPTION] [SUBTITLE]How Amy Carmichael Gave Me Courage to Serve in a Slum[\/SUBTITLE][CREDIT] Anita Rahma [\/CREDIT] [PAGES] 120 [\/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [\/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Publishing [\/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2024 [\/PUBLISHYEAR] [ENDORSEMENT2]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eAnita Rahma’s book \u003cem\u003eDownward Discipleship\u003c\/em\u003e invites us to the lived reality of following Jesus by serving the poor and oppressed. The story is interwoven with that of Amy Carmichael who saved girls from prostitution in India last century. Anita has drawn from Amy’s writing and woven it into her own journey of living in the slums of Jakarta, providing schooling for children, and grappling with suffering and poverty. She gives us glimpses of her own life with her responses of songs and personal reflection in the nitty gritty of life on the margins.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eIrene Alexander, PhD\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAsian Theological Seminary, Stillpoint, Brisbane, Trinity College Queensland Honorary Research FellowAuthor, \u003cem\u003ePracticing the Presence of Jesus and How Relationships Work\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT2] [ENDORSEMENT3]\n\u003cblockquote\u003ePlanted deep inside the wounds of our world, Anita Rahma offers a testimony of hope and healing. Looking through the lens of nineteenth-century missionary Amy Carmichael, we are afforded a perspective on the many “whys” that surround the lives of those who are suffering. In the end, we shift our focus from the why, and turn our attention to the Who that walks among the marginalized.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eScott Bessenecker\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlobal Engagement \u0026amp; Justice, InterVarsity Christian FellowshipAuthor, \u003cem\u003eThe New Friars and How to Inherit the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT3] [ENDORSEMENT4]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eReading \u003cem\u003eDownward Discipleship\u003c\/em\u003e is like joining author Anita Rahma and legendary missionary Amy Carmichael to share stories over a cup of tea! In the book, Rahma gently but firmly invites the reader to embrace seven different paradigm shifts. In the process, Rahma outlines a vision for Christian discipleship that follows Jesus to the cultural and social margins. Whether you are serving in or with a disadvantaged community or not, Downward Discipleship will help you live a life of joyful and purposeful surrender in your life of faith.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eRob Dixon, DIS\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor, \u003cem\u003eTogether in Ministry: Women and Men in Flourishing Partnerships\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT4] [ENDORSEMENT5]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eBy interweaving the story of legendary missionary, Amy Carmichael, with her own journey to the slums of Indonesia, Rahma offers us a front row seat to a life lived with purpose. But the goal is not to place yet another hero on yet another pedestal. Instead, this is an invitation for all of us to be deeply transformed. These are lessons that can only be learned on the margins of society, among the poor. Read and be challenged.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eCraig Greenfield\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFounder, Alongsiders International Author, \u003cem\u003eSubversive Mission \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT5] [ENDORSEMENT6]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eAcross the global pain of two billion urban poor,  there are multiplying movements inspired by Christ, the suffering servant, to live among them. Anita dearly represents the multiple levels of the struggles to find an understanding of the depths of spirituality amidst such struggles. Her authorship is unique in its ability to integrate the complexities yet identify the singularities of action. Some books drive you deeper towards the living God!! Read them! Read this one!\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eViv Grigg, PhD\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor, Companion to the Poor, Cry of the Urban Poor, Spirit of Christ and the Postmodern City, Kiwinomics, SlumDwellers’ Pedagogy\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT6] [ENDORSEMENT7]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eThe unique approach in Anita Rahma’s second book is to learn from and then engage the reader with the life of Amy Carmichael, a missionary in India one hundred years before Anita was called to downward discipleship. Building on her first book, \u003cem\u003eBeyond Our Walls: Finding Jesus in the Slums of Jakarta\u003c\/em\u003e, Anita Rahma takes her readers deeper into an exploration of the ever-present challenges and accompanying joy and contentment that comes with following Jesus into the suffering of the world. Anita points out that Jesus sought out the lowest in his culture and did not live as one with privilege even though he was Lord of all creation. We are all called to downward discipleship rather than upward mobility, though not all may be called to the same locations and lifestyles.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eSome readers will be challenged to leave comfort behind and to find the courage, as Anita has, through giants of faith who have gone before to live an incarnational life of chosen poverty. Perhaps others will be confronted with the need to live more thoughtfully and be used by God to support the Anita’s and Amy’s in the world. Each chapter introduces the downward discipleship topic such as “from control to compassion,” asks a related question of Amy’s life and shares a situation in Anita’s own life. Bringing Amy Carmichael’s life to the reader deepens our connection with those who, through the ages, have lived for God by serving others.In every age there are those who hear and respond to the call to love and serve in the world’s hardest places. May we read this book with an open heart and prayerful spirit, ready to respond to God’s call for us, and comforted by God’s faithful care and leading along that path.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eAnn Graber Hershberger, PhD\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmeritus Professor of Nursing, Eastern Mennonite University Executive Director, Mennonite Central Committee\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT7] [ENDORSEMENT8]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eIn Anita Rahma’s \u003cem\u003eDownward Discipleship\u003c\/em\u003e, one reads many Biblical insights as she focuses on the importance of a deeper relationship with God. The reader finds theology not from the desk but from the kitchen table. Working for so many years for those at the edge of society, Anita sees with the eyes as Jesus saw the needy and the broken-hearted. I share with Anita the ongoing inspiration from the work of Amy Carmichael in Dohnavur in India. Triggered by the deep insights from this God-fearing woman who started her work in the outgoing Victorian era, the author found beautiful gems to implement these in her work in the slums of Jakarta.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003eSpiritually charged throughout, this book is written with passion and compassion. Vigorous reflections thoughtfully drawn from Amy Carmichael’s writings and skillfully presented, underline Rahma’s thoughts about doing missionary work amongst very vulnerable people. This book gives the reader insights into the practical challenges which missionary work encounters in areas away from mainstream city life. In the grim reality of the Jakarta slums we meet Christian devotedness and personal faith in God.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eJ. Kommers, PhD \u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorth-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom, South AfricaAuthor, \u003cem\u003eTriumphant Love: The Contextual, Creative and Strategic Missionary Work of Amy Beatrice Carmichael in South India \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT8] [ENDORSEMENT9]\n\u003cblockquote\u003eInspiring. Chock-full of wisdom. And potentially life-changing. In \u003cem\u003eDownward Discipleship\u003c\/em\u003e, Anita Rahma calls her readers to set aside their comfort and follow Jesus on his long, purposeful descent to the bottom of society. Woven throughout this book, Rahma shares personal stories from her mission work among the urban poor while also introducing us to one of her spiritual heroes—an early twentieth-century missionary to India named Amy Carmichael. For nearly fifty years, Carmichael worked tirelessly to rescue temple children from forced prostitution and slave-like conditions. Her life and writings have deeply impacted Rahma’s own sense of call, as I pray Rahma’s life and writings will now do for you.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eJason Porterfield\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor, \u003cem\u003eFight Like Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [\/ENDORSEMENT9] [TOC]\n\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvitation 1: From Fear to Friendship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1 Asking Amy: How do we sing in the night?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.2 Seeing Fears Transformed by Friendships\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3 Encountering Jesus in Places of Addiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.4 Room to Reflect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvitation 2: From Self to Surrender\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1 Asking Amy: How can we find peace?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2 Surrendering to God’s Timing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.3 Surrendering to a Lifetime of Learning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.4 Room to Reflect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvitation 3: From Guilt to Gratitude\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1 Asking Amy: How can our lives overflow with gratitude?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2 Living in Paradox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3 Finding Jesus in Surprising Places\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4 Room to Reflect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvitation 4: From Control to Compassion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1 Asking Amy: What can we do when we feel helpless and out of control?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2 Trusting God When We Cannot See\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3 Bringing Our Laments to the Lord\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.4 Room to Reflect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvitation 5: From Mammon to Manna\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1 Asking Amy: How will the Lord provide?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2 Giving More than Money\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3 Trusting God in Times of Scarcity and Plenty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4 Room to Reflect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvitation 6: From Poverty to Praise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1 Asking Amy: How can we be sustained through seasons of suffering?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2 Clinging to Christ’s Hope in Times of Disappointment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3 Discerning the Sacred Task of the \u003cem\u003eDoula\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4 Room to Reflect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvitation 7: From Asking \u003cem\u003eWhy?\u003c\/em\u003e to Welcoming the Word\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.1 Asking Amy: What can we do with our questions?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.2 Recognizing We Need a Savior\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.3 Rooting Ourselves in God’s Word\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.4 Room to Reflect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Journal Entry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Songs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TOC]","brand":"William Carey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44686404452611,"sku":"9781645085522","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook (Lumina Reader app)","offer_id":44686404419843,"sku":"9781645085546","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/5615\/1158\/files\/DownwardDiscipleship_CVR-Front.jpg?v=1713540173"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/5615\/1158\/collections\/Authors_Collection4.jpg?v=1707950001","url":"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/collections\/anita-rahma.oembed","provider":"MissionBooks.org","version":"1.0","type":"link"}