The Safest Place On Earth: One Man's Pursuit of the Blue Sky of Heaven - Softcover

W. Andrew McMillian

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9781988450001: The Safest Place On Earth: One Man's Pursuit of the Blue Sky of Heaven

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ISBN 10: 1988450004 ISBN 13: 9781988450001

Publisher: Catch The Fire Books, 2016

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It was hard work being a hippie. Doing acid and smoking pot made my feelings of insecurity even worse, and coupled with my depression, I was living in the cold fires of hell. I was on a quest to find meaning, maybe even God, but I scoffed at anyone who thought they had a some kind of direct connection. One day I saw the blue sky reflected off the glasses of a preacher standing outside his church. Somehow he seemed to posses the entirety of that blue sky within himself. I kept walking – but that blue sky pierced my heart.

We all hunger for something more, above the day–to–day and deep beneath the night–to–night, but we usually don’t expect God to break through the normalcy of our lives. And who wants anything to do with Bible–thumping religious people. But I have seen cracks in the boring routine of reality. Honest to God miracles have happened right under my nose. There is light brighter than the sun ready to break out on the dullest of days. There is a quiet voice louder than the constant noise of cities. There is a joy underneath the heaviest sorrows. There are people who smell like heaven. And there is a God who is able and willing to break into our lives.

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About the Author:

Andrew McMillan was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and majored in literature and religion at the University of Virginia, before receiving his Master's at Yale University. Though wanting to be a poet, live near a pond and smoke a pipe, Andrew ended up finding God and falling in love with the people of Medellin, Colombia, once the most violent place on earth.

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Andrew McMillan writes as only few gifted people can, bringing up the depths of his heart in prose that allow all of us to sing from the pages of his heart. I couldn t put it down. This book is a gift to you. It is a spiritual and literary feast. --Dr. Kerry Wood, Dallas, Texas

Artists use paintbrushes, sculptors use chisels, musicians use instruments but poets and preachers use words to beautify what's truthful. This book is a gallery of irresistible truths, life changing principles and the miraculous story of a man that dared to know God. --Pastor Daniel Arbolaez, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

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