Joshua and the City is a powerful
and inspiring novel about the importance of compassion and care in
the midst of human suffering and need. It affirms the power of love
to transform our troubled world.
One of a series of Joshua novels, the enigmatic carpenter comes
to a modern metropolis, bringing its people love and new hope. Faced
with the real problems of life in a big city - including loneliness,
AIDS, poverty, drug abuse, and unemployment - Joshua brings about
imaginative and effective solutions.
Through his tireless care of those he meets, Joshua wins new friends
- and new enemies. As sinister forces try to undo his good work,
Joshua finds he must take his message of justice and healing to
the most powerful leaders of the nation.
The Joshua novels are comforting and insightful explorations
of what it might be like to have Jesus come into our society today.
Joseph Girzones imagination, vision and heart-felt conviction
have created a series of novels that have moved and inspired millions
of readers around the globe.
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