Crossing the Tracks
eBook - ePub

Crossing the Tracks

Hope for the Hopeless and Help for the Poor in Rural Mississippi and Your Community

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Crossing the Tracks

Hope for the Hopeless and Help for the Poor in Rural Mississippi and Your Community

About this book

Dolphus Weary knows from personal experience just how harmful racial division can be. Growing up in rural Mississippi, he leared that if poverty, hunger, and disease didn't kill him, racism, bigotry, or the Klan just might. So when a college basketball scholarship gave him the opportunity to get away from the broken, racially divided city of Mendenhall, he jumped at the chance. But he couldn't outrun racism.
Eventually God called him back to his hometown--to the city where the railroad tracks not only separate economic classes but also represent a divide in the church. Believing that prejudice is ultimately a spiritual issue, Weary went back to Mississippi and worked to break down racial divides and promote productive dialogue, greater understanding, and ultimately racial reconciliation. The founder and part-time president of R.E.A.L. (Rural Education and Leadership) Christian Foundation, Weary helps ministries and communities realize that a "kingdom mentality" is possible only when we stop limiting God's work to a denomination or racial group.

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Yes, you can access Crossing the Tracks by Dolphus Weary,Josh Dear,William A. Hendricks in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword by Neddie Winters
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1. “Thank You, Mr. President!”
  10. 2. “I Ain’t Comin’ Back!” (But I Did)
  11. 3. Miracles in Mendenhall
  12. 4. “I Can’t Never Leave!”
  13. 5. The Sin of Silence
  14. 6. The Power of Parenting
  15. 7. A Level Playing Field
  16. 8. Building Bridges of Reconciliation
  17. 9. “Thank You, America!”
  18. 10. Making It R.E.A.L
  19. Afterword: The 300 Club