The New York Times Best Selling Author Review by Ellen Tanner Marsh
New York Times Review of
Just Loving Them
by Jeremy Saxton
Young people growing up in the battleground that is modern-day urban America often feel there is no escape from the grinding poverty, relentless crime, and ubiquitous despair. Author Jeremy Saxton, now an ordained minister, once occupied this same turf, treading the crime-ridden streets from deep amidst the shadows of poverty and neglect, although for him the journey led upward to what he describes as the sunny slopes of spiritual fulfillment. His new book, Just Loving Them, tells the story of this journey, in which he recounts with unbridled honesty how he was able to lay to rest the ghosts of his past, overcome his bruising lack of self-esteem and build a better life for himself through a meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ.
A pivotal part of Jeremy’s success—and a key part of his tale—is the Bonfire Ministry, an organization dedicated to serving God and spreading the teachings and ideals of Christ. To Jeremy and other lost souls, the ministry serves as a safe port in the storm, a place of refuge that offers not only positive encouragement but the opportunity for people with their backs against the wall to grow spiritually and better their lives.
As an integral part of this organization, Jeremy is able to share its lessons on an intimate level, with gentle prompts for the reader that are presented in an easily accessible and understandable style, even to those who may have little understanding or experience with Christianity.
It is clear throughout Jeremy’s own journey that he was not always sure that God had a plan for him, and yet He obviously did. But Just Loving Them is more than a poignant account of Jeremy's own life and his spiritual transformation, as he has sprinkled his book both with humor and original poetry. For readers seeking answers to many of life's unkind mysteries—particularly the despair of an impoverished life—Jeremy's work helps to serve as a light along the path and perhaps even a beacon of hope, especially for those trapped within the nightmarish system that defines the bottommost social rung of modern America.
Just Loving Them
by Jeremy Saxton
Young people growing up in the battleground that is modern-day urban America often feel there is no escape from the grinding poverty, relentless crime, and ubiquitous despair. Author Jeremy Saxton, now an ordained minister, once occupied this same turf, treading the crime-ridden streets from deep amidst the shadows of poverty and neglect, although for him the journey led upward to what he describes as the sunny slopes of spiritual fulfillment. His new book, Just Loving Them, tells the story of this journey, in which he recounts with unbridled honesty how he was able to lay to rest the ghosts of his past, overcome his bruising lack of self-esteem and build a better life for himself through a meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ.
A pivotal part of Jeremy’s success—and a key part of his tale—is the Bonfire Ministry, an organization dedicated to serving God and spreading the teachings and ideals of Christ. To Jeremy and other lost souls, the ministry serves as a safe port in the storm, a place of refuge that offers not only positive encouragement but the opportunity for people with their backs against the wall to grow spiritually and better their lives.
As an integral part of this organization, Jeremy is able to share its lessons on an intimate level, with gentle prompts for the reader that are presented in an easily accessible and understandable style, even to those who may have little understanding or experience with Christianity.
It is clear throughout Jeremy’s own journey that he was not always sure that God had a plan for him, and yet He obviously did. But Just Loving Them is more than a poignant account of Jeremy's own life and his spiritual transformation, as he has sprinkled his book both with humor and original poetry. For readers seeking answers to many of life's unkind mysteries—particularly the despair of an impoverished life—Jeremy's work helps to serve as a light along the path and perhaps even a beacon of hope, especially for those trapped within the nightmarish system that defines the bottommost social rung of modern America.
