David King, Director of Kingdom Voice Ltd

There is a challenge here to how we are all together being one Church in our places. This book needs to be read, prayed over and thought through. Get ready to be forever changed! Rev Ebony S Small, Director of Movement Day Expressions, USA I believe this book will tug at the heart of every leader to clearly discern God’s voice in answering the call to be an agent of unity and city transformation. This book is so timely as we move with God’s Spirit, calling us to surrender our silos and agendas for the advancement of His kingdom. As you read you will discover that Ian is brave enough, but the question that must be answered, are we? DrJohn Andrews, Leader, Teacher, Motivator, Author When I first met Ian I was struck by three things, namely his love for Jesus, his passion for the Church and his commitment to his city! This engaging book reflects all of these key facets of Ian’s call and purpose. Steve Clifford, General Director of the Evangelical Alliance There are parts of this book which will leave you feeling uncomfortable, indeed there could be sections you disagree with, but let’s allow the book to challenge us to fresh steps of faith and obedience to the One we love and serve. It is a profound book with special resonance in this divisive, often dark, moment.Are We Brave Enough? is written out of Ian’s personal experience, his calling to Doncaster and the lessons learned within One Heart One Voice, a unity movement committed to transforming their city. Nina Shield, Executive Editor at Avery Books, says, “ How We Learn to be Brave teaches us to respond with clarity and grace even in the toughest times. Decisive moments make believers out of everyone.”īudde’s lyrical prose and sage insights spark conversation and connection her stories remind us that others have walked the path before, and that bravery is part grace and perseverance and part doubt and humility.

It is also a profoundly spiritual experience, one in which we feel a part of something larger than ourselves and guided by a larger Spirit at work. “The courage to be brave when it matters most requires a lifetime of small decisions that set us on a path of self-awareness, attentiveness, and a willingness to risk failure for what we believe is right. “We all have the capacity to live within a narrative of great adventure, no matter our life circumstances,” says Bishop Budde.

Budde weaves stories from her own life, religious texts, the Civil Rights movement, literature, pop culture, and current events to illustrate what goes into “being brave.” The decisive moments-some flashy, some subtle-that make up the arc of a lifetime include deciding to stay, deciding to go, deciding to start, accepting what we cannot change, and more. In her new book, How We Learn to be Brave, Bishop Budde explores how key decisions in our lives, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves. When she recounts this decision to speak out on a public stage, she says she felt “summoned to take place alongside others who were being brave.” John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC-the most historic and famed within the diocese-as a backdrop for a crass and cruel press conference. In the wake of the George Floyd protests in 2020, she earned international attention and acclaim when she spoke out against President Trump for using St. On May 23, 2023, Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde will publish How We Learn to be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith (Avery Books, an imprint with Penguin Random House).īishop Budde is no stranger to taking a courageous stand.

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