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What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
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Item description for What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing by Ron Hall...
New thoughts and reflections from the authors of the inspirational New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me. The more than four hundred thousand readers stirred by the story of Ron Hall and Denver Moore will resonate with the all new, stand-alone true stories of hope and healing offered in this intimate, authentic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me. With new "Denverisms" and reflections from Denver on his personal dealings with homelessness and disrespect from others, additional insights from Ron on what we can learn from people not like us and from those dealing with a terminal illness, and the stories of readers who have been impacted by the book's central themes, this inspirational reader will generate a host of new fans. Topics include: - Faith and friendship
- Racial reconciliation
- Community outreach
- Compassion
- Healing
Book also includes for the first time samples of Denver's paintings.
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Item Specifications...
Pages 253
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Jul 7, 2010
ISBN 1410427781
ISBN13 9781410427786
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Reviews - What do customers think about What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing?
 | Read this book again and again! Mar 28, 2010 |
| A great read! Important to read it over and over! It is so refreshing to read a book about real people doing real stuff while having good hearts! Get one copy for yourself and several to pass on to others. | | |  | Continuation of a story Mar 11, 2010 |
| This is basically a continuation of their first story, Same Kind of Different as Me. While it was interesting to learn what happened to and was happening while the authors were touring their first book, how it became such a success, I wasn't as moved as with their first book. There seems to be a lot of rehashing of the story. I was particularly puzzled about Ron's disgust for his father and all the anger he harbored. How could he be so thoughtful and caring with total strangers and not love the one who had given him life? I will say that there is closure by the end of the book and it brought tears to my eyes. If you were a big fan of their first book then you will probably like this one, too. | | |  | A Nice Continuation of a Story Mar 3, 2010 |
What Difference Do It Make? is a continuation of the message and story begun with the book Same Kind of Different As Me. In Same Kind of Different As Me we were introduced to two men, Ron Hall and Denver Moore, and their unlikely friendship. In this sequel, we are treated to Ron and Denver's ongoing stories. We are also treated to several other interludes in the book where people from around the country share how the story of Mr. Hall and Mr. Moore influenced them and changed their lives.
Denver's part of the new book involves filling in some of the blanks in his personal history, and sharing some of his thoughts and experiences since the last book was written. It becomes obvious as you read along that Denver is finding his voice. He is stating his opinions more forcefully, challenging his hearers and readers more, and growing in his faith.
For me, Ron's story in this book was more compelling. Most of Ron's section of the book describes his conflict with his father throughout his life, and slowly moves toward telling the story of reconciliation with his father. It also spends some time telling about how Ron grieved the loss of his wife. In the first book, we hear about how God breaks down the walls between two men of very different backgrounds. In this book, we see how the Spirit breaks down the walls between Ron's alcoholic father and himself. When Ron is willing to treat his father with the same kind of love as he has Denver and the other homeless men he works with, his relationship with his father improves. For the most conservative of evangelicals, Ron's methods of reconciling with his father may be difficult to stomach. However you view his behavior, Ron clearly chose to accept his father the way he was instead of the way he wanted him to be, and that made all the difference in their relationship.
I recommend this story heartily for anyone who loved Same Kind of Different As Me. Otherwise, it will be hard to understand this book, and the foundation on which it was written.
(Although I was not required to write any review for this book, a copy was provided to me by Thomas Nelson publishers after reviewing the first book in the series) | | | | Maybe if I'd read the first book before this one . . . Mar 1, 2010 |
This book is interesting and I enjoyed it, but it just didn't affect me the way I was expecting it to. The first book, "Same Kind of Different as Me" by Ron Hall and Denver Moore is mentioned several times and maybe that's what I'm missing - the introduction to this - the second book.
I found Hall's inability to have compassion for his ailing father until the very end of his father's life, a little off putting, and he mentions his this lack on his part in this book. His mother's lack of feelings for her husband was sad, but not being there I really can't say if Hall's father deserved the treatment he received or not. Maybe he did - he certainly wasn't the ideal father or husband. I just began to feel a little sorry for him.
Hall writes quite a bit about the death of his wife. Add the three together - the death of his wife, the problems with his father and his mother's attitude toward his father and I guess it could get anyone down. It is a little depressing for the reader, though.
I enjoyed Moore's contribution to the book most. He speaks directly and openly without feeling sorry for himself because of his circumstances. He has the ability to share God's love and compassion beyond what most of us could achieve.
The stories are interspersed between the pages. This is a little disconcerting; I just get involved in a story, then the writer or person the story is about, changes.
It could just be that I'm being picky, or maybe my hopes were too high because of the build up for the book, but for some reason this book just didn't touch me like I wanted it to. | | | | This Book Has Inspired Me to Make a Difference Feb 24, 2010 |
I just finished reading my complimentary copy (from Thomas Nelson) of "What Difference Do It Make?" by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent.
This book is the sequel to the book entitled "Same Kind of Different As Me" by the same authors, and tells about the difference one couple made in a homeless man's life and how it snowballed to affect so many others. Not only can you see what it has done in the lives of the authors, but the book contains a lot of stories from folks that read the first book and were inspired. These people wrote to the authors with their own stories of making a difference and some of those stories are shared in this book.
It is a beautifully written, intriguing book. I laughed and I cried and most importantly my heart was convicted. I am inspired to find all kinds of ways to serve and to help others in any way I can.
I will be recommending this book to all my friends and family, in fact I already put my copy on my husband's bedside table as a hint that he needs to read it next.
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