{"product_id":"no-longer-strangers-finding-belonging-in-a-world-of-alienation","title":"No Longer Strangers: Finding Belonging in a World of Alienation","description":"ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award\nBelonging has never come easy to me.\nGrowing up, there was my mutated national identity to deal with―my not-quite-American, not-quite-Indonesian soul, restless in both countries. Later, when I came out as a celibate gay Christian, I found I didn't fit into the church as easily as I used to. I've often wondered what it means to belong to others even when I can't manage to blend in with them.\nThe way Jesus tells it, if we give up on belonging in order to follow him, we'll find ourselves belonging anyway. We might not belong the way other people do, with normal homes and normal families and normal ways of fitting in. But we'll belong in a way that's a hundred times better. We'll be fully in place because we know we are out of place. We'll belong like aliens.\nMaybe you're caught in the same tension as me, wanting to fit somewhere even as you're permanently out of place. Maybe you feel like an alien.\nIf so, let's be aliens together.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0830847901\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0830847901.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Coles, Gregory|Michel, Jen Pollock\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43335479558205,"sku":"BVV.0830847901.G","price":6.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0830847901-0.jpg?v=1783729257","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/no-longer-strangers-finding-belonging-in-a-world-of-alienation","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}