{"id":8862,"date":"2015-01-19T15:48:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T20:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=8862"},"modified":"2015-01-19T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T20:48:24","slug":"book-review-same-kind-of-different-as-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=8862","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Same Kind of Different as Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Same-Kind-Different-Modern-Day-International\/dp\/084991910X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1421690820&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=same+kind+of+different+as+me\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8863\" alt=\"9780849919107_p0_v2_s260x420\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/9780849919107_p0_v2_s260x420.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/9780849919107_p0_v2_s260x420.jpg 260w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/9780849919107_p0_v2_s260x420-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The truth about it is, whether we is rich or poor or somethin in between, this earth ain&#8217;t no final restin place. \u00a0So in a way, we is all homeless&#8211;just workin our way toward home<\/em>.&#8221; Denver Moore, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Same-Kind-Different-Modern-Day-International\/dp\/084991910X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1421690820&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=same+kind+of+different+as+me\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Same Kind of Different as Me<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems incredibly appropriate that I finished reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Same-Kind-Different-Modern-Day-International\/dp\/084991910X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1421690820&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=same+kind+of+different+as+me\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Same Kind of Different as Me<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Ron Hall and Denver Moore\u00a0on the day that we set aside to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. \u00a0Based on what I know of Dr. King, he definitely would appreciate the unlikely friendship forged between Ron Hall and Denver Moore. \u00a0Ron is the rich Texas art dealer and Denver is the former slave turned homeless man who forever changed Ron Hall&#8217;s life. \u00a0The theme of this book centers around God&#8217;s faithfulness and the fact that His way is always better than our way. \u00a0I also thought a good bit about the admonition found in Matthew 22:39 to &#8220;love your neighbor as yourself.&#8221; \u00a0It&#8217;s always awesome to be reminded of how God can take the most perplexing of situations and use them for His glory and the good of others. \u00a0Same Kind of Different as Me is a book that you will have a hard time putting down, so do yourself a favor and pick up a copy today!<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s 16 CFR, Part 255 &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.access.gpo.gov\/nara\/cfr\/waisidx_03\/16cfr255_03.html\">http:\/\/www.access.gpo.gov\/nara\/cfr\/waisidx_03\/16cfr255_03.html<\/a>&gt; : \u201cGuides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;The truth about it is, whether we is rich or poor or somethin in between, this earth ain&#8217;t no final restin place. \u00a0So in a way, we is all homeless&#8211;just workin our way toward home.&#8221; Denver Moore, Same Kind of Different as Me It seems incredibly appropriate that I finished reading Same Kind of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16,23,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-family","category-generosity","category-integrity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}