I had the opportunity to purchase Mike Foster's most recent book Gracenomics: Unleash the Power of Second Chance Living on my Kindle last week. After reading the book, I can honestly tell you this was one of the best books I have read in 2010. This was a very quick read--I knocked it out in two sittings--but it ministered to me on a very deep level.
Grace seems to be that thing that everyone wants to receive freely yet so few of us are willing to give it sacrificially. Foster does a great job of sharing with us why we are hard-wired by our God-given design to be agents of radical grace.
Lots of Christian books come across as prescriptive, an expert sharing how he has achieved a great "new-level" in his walk and how if we carefully follow the steps laid out in his book that the reader may too "get there" one day. Foster's tone comes across as a sojourner, who has yet to fully discover the power of giving and receiving grace, yet is hungry for more of both.
Here are two of my favorite passages from Gracenomics:
"Our definition of value has been hijacked by speed of growth, prominence and attention. But it is critical for all of us to understand that the true worth of an idea isn’t determined by whether our efforts are showcased in the New York Times or whether we have 500,000 Facebook Fans. Value creation happens when someone is impacted for the good, lives are changed, people are transformed and the organization’s mission moves forward."
"Who is the person who you have come to believe you can never, ever forgive? Think of that person now. You know who I’m talking about right? What is his/her name? Say it out loud. Or write it down...now. And then let today be the day you forgive. And let it go. This is just for you. Not for them. For when you forgive you will finally be free."
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