Best Book I've Read in a Long Time

I love it when I find a book that says what I want to say, but way better than I could ever say it. This is one of those books.

For as long as I've been a Christian I've connected with the primal, irrational, counter-cultural call of Jesus--the call that compels people to move to a different continent and be missionaries, sell their posessions and give to the poor, or choose the high road even when there is a lot of material benefit to cutting a few corners. I don't always do the best job of living with the Fearless Faith (another good book) I would like to have, but I've never been satisfied with "civilized" Christianity either. I'm not interested in living by default, doing church by default, or being a Christian by default. I can't handle the status quo because God has called me to something more.

This book is about living with the kind of primal, authentic faith God calls us to have--a faith that looks raw and barbaric and undignified to civilized people. I loved it. Get it, read it, and live the Barbarian Way.