Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America - Softcover

Yankoski, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590524020 ISBN 13: 9781590524022

Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group, 2005

Synopsis

5th Anniversary - Updated & Expanded Edition. With foreword by Francis Chan Ever Wonder What it Would Be Like to Live Homeless? Mike Yankoski did more than just wonder. By his own choice, Mike's life went from upper-middle class plush to scum-of-the-earth repulsive overnight. With only a backpack, a sleeping bag and a guitar, Mike and his traveling companion, Sam, set out to experience life on the streets in six different cities-from Washington D.C. to San Diego- and they put themselves to the test. For more than five months the pair experienced firsthand the extreme pains of hunger, the constant uncertainty and danger of living on the streets, exhaustion, depression, and social rejection-and all of this by their own choice. They wanted to find out if their faith was real, if they could actually be the Christians they said they were apart from the comforts they'd always known...to discover first hand what it means to be homeless in America. Mike and Sam's story is gritty, challenging, and utterly captivating. What you encounter in these pages will radically alter how you see your world-and may even change your life.

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Review:

The Scriptures are filled with images of a God who is casting down the mighty and lifting up the lowly, of the last becoming first and the first last. In relentless nonconformity to the patterns of our culture, the Christian call is not to move away from suffering but to move toward it, so that we can bear some of the burdens carried by our brothers and sisters. Here is one story of the downward mobility of the Kingdom. It is a story that dares you to move closer to the margins, to the suffering, to the pain. . . and to meet Jesus there in His many disguises. --Shane Claiborne, best-selling author, activist, and recovering sinner

Under the Overpass is a captivating, terrifying, encouraging, motivating, saddening, amazing account of a young man who died to self with the assurance that God knows best. Rarely does a book move me this much. Mike Yankoski doesn t have a little liquid fire in his heart; he is consumed by it. Let his book ignite your heart and soul. --Ryan Dobson, best-selling author of Be Intolerant and To Die For

Every once in a while a book comes along that is so raw and revealing it proves to be a catalyst for cognizance and conviction for multiple generations. "Under the Overpass" is such a book. Mike and Sam's five-month journey through the underbelly of America was not a brazen stunt by bored college students but a quest born out of guilt and curiosity that became a Christ-fueled passion for the poor and dispossessed. I know Mike and am inspired by the fact that his zeal has intensified over time. He lives what he learned on the streets. Be careful as you read this timely book; it could radically change your perceptions and maybe even your calling. --John Ashmen, president, Association of Gospel Rescue Missions

About the Author:

Mike and Danae Yankoski live in the Pacific Northwest with their dog, Elliott. Their passions include backpacking, hiking, running, tea, growing veggies, good books, and substantive conversation. Mike is the author of Under the Overpass and Danae is the co-author with Francis Chan of Crazy Love and The Forgotten God. Recently they have written together Zealous Love: A Practical Guide to Social Justice.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1590524020
• ISBN 13: 9781590524022
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256