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Thirsting for Living Water – Finding Adventure and Purpose in God`s Redemption Story

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Thirsting for Living Water follows Mike Mantel's journey from a series of devastating personal and professional setbacks to a profound rediscovery of God's presence. Through travels around the world and encounters with diverse Christian communities, Mike explores the holistic gospel centred on compassion, justice, and mercy, revealing a unified global church where every individual plays a crucial role.
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When personal and global events threw Mike Mantel into a dark night of the soul, he embarked on a journey around the world to rediscover God's holistic gospel driven by compassion, justice, and mercy. Embark on your own adventure and open your eyes to the ways God is already at work at home, among neighbors, and to the ends of the earth.

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When a perfect storm of personal, professional, and natural disaster threw Mike Mantel into a dark night of the soul, he embarked on a journey through his own life and around the world to rediscover God's presence through the diverse body of Christ.

In Thirsting for Living Water, Mantel invites readers to join him on this adventure and open their eyes to their own stories of God's faithfulness. It's an invitation to see where God is already at work: at home, among neighbours, and to the ends of the earth.

Here is a story of the holistic gospel, driven by compassion, justice, and mercy, with Jesus at the centre. Here is an inspiring vision of a unified, global church—in which each of us has a vital role to play.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781514002926

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 October 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Inter-Varsity Press,US

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 149.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 424g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Michael J. Mantel is president and CEO of Living Water International, a faith-based global humanitarian organization. He previously spent seventeen years working for World Vision and nine years in business. He holds a PhD in organization development from Benedictine University. He lives in Houston with his wife, Natalie, and they have four daughters.


Richard Stearns is president emeritus of World Vision US, where he served as president for twenty years, traveling more than three million miles as an advocate for the world's poor. Before leading the Christian relief and development organization,he was a corporate CEO at both Parker Brothers and Lenox. His bestselling book The Hole in Our Gospel was named the 2010 Christian Book of the Year. Among the honors Stearns received for his humanitarian service are five honorary doctoral degrees, the Julia Vadala Taft Outstanding Leadership Award from InterAction, and the Christian Leadership Alliance's highest honor. Rich and his wife, Reneé, have five adult children and six grandchildren, and live in Bellevue, Washington.

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