Retelling the Old, Old Story: A Review of "God's Favorite Place on Earth"

March 31, 2013 by Greg Garrett

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Lazarus understands why Bethany mattered to Jesus: it was "an oasis for Christ in a world hostile toward Him," a place where Jesus could rest, reflect, and find peace. (179) But for us, Bethany is a place of stories—stories retold, reconsidered, and reflected back upon our own stories. For taking us along on the journey to God's favorite place and introducing us in a new way to Jesus' favorite people, I am thankful for this book.

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Greg Garrett is (according to BBC Radio) one of America's leading voices on religion and culture. He is the author or co-author of over twenty books of fiction, theology, cultural criticism, and spiritual autobiography. His most recent books are The Prodigal, written with the legendary Brennan Manning, Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination, and My Church Is Not Dying: Episcopalians in the 21st Century. A contributor to Patheos since 2010, Greg also writes for the Huffington Post, Salon.com, OnFaith, The Tablet, Reform, and other web and print publications in the US and UK.

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