I have heard of this book. Isn’t there another book along the same lines? I would love to check this out.
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I was so excited when this book arrived right before we left on vacation. I really enjoyed it for several reasons one of which was it being the perfect length for reading on the airplane! While I enjoyed the conversational banter between Nick, the main character, and Jesus, it did take me awhile to adjust to hearing Jesus converse in the vernacular of today. Since we were flying while I was reading the book, I also appreciated the short chapters which gave me many quick stopping points while tending to all the things one does when flying, especially with kids. It would be the perfect book to cozy up with in front of a fire for a light afternoon read. I’ve been given one copy of this book to give away here on the blog. If you’d like to be entered for this drawing, please leave a comment. I will draw for a winner sometime next week.
Since I am running short on time for publishing this review, I’ll just post the following information which accompanied the book tour. It’ll give you the specifics of the many great short, but to the point, conversations found in this book.
Dinner with a Perfect Stranger You are Invited to a Dinner with Jesus of Nazareth:
The mysterious envelope arrives on Nick Cominsky’s desk amid a stack of
credit card applications and business-related junk mail. Although his
seventy-hour workweek has already eaten into his limited family time,
Nick can’t pass up the opportunity to see what kind of plot his
colleagues have hatched.The normally confident, cynical Nick soon finds himself thrown
off-balance, drawn into an intriguing conversation with a baffling man
who appears to be more than comfortable discussing everything from world
religions to the existence of heaven and hell. And this man who calls
himself Jesus also seems to know a disturbing amount about Nick’s
personal life.
…………..
“You’re bored, Nick. You were made for more than this. You’re worried
about God stealing your fun, but you’ve got it backwards.… There’s no
adventure like being joined to the Creator of the universe.” He leaned
back off the table. “And your first mission would be to let him guide
you out of the mess you’re in at work.”
………….
As the evening progresses, their conversation touches on life, God,
meaning, pain, faith, and doubt–and it seems that having Dinner with a
Perfect Stranger may change Nick’s life forever.This provocative novella presents the opportunity to listen in on an intriguing,
humorous, informative, and moving discussion between Jesus and average
people that cover Christianity, family relationships, creation of the
universe, work, other religions, human suffering—and much more about
life.
You can find more information about Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by best-selling author David Gregory, by clicking the preceding link which will take you to the Random House Inc. website. David Gregory is also the author of A Day with a Perfect Stranger, and coauthor of two
nonfiction books. After a ten-year business career, he returned to school to study religion and communications, earning graduate degrees from The University of North Texas and Dallas Theological Seminary. A native Texan, David now devotes himself to writing full time.
