Name: Same Kind of Different As Me
Rating: 3.75 (20 reviews)
ISBN: 9780849919107

Lynn Vincent

Ron Hall

Denver Moore

Describes how the co-author, a man held under plantation-style slavery until he fled in the 1960s, suffered homelessness for an additional eighteen years before the wife of the other co-author, an art dealer accustomed to privilege, intervened to save the former's life. Reprint.

Same Kind of Different As Me

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Jennifer Dieter

I wanted it to be more about Denver and his evolution more than about the white Christians who 'saved' him. Too much focus on religion and not enough on this issues that led to homelessness.

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This was a really touching story about the friendship and love that develops between two wealthy, white Christians and a homeless, agnostic black man. 

Despite the many differences between them, Ron and Debbie Hall befriend Denver after they start volunteering at a mission. One would think that the Halls would have the most to contribute to the relationship. After all, Denver is an illiterate ex-convict who once spent time in one of America's toughest prisons. However, as the story unfolds, it's clear that Denver brings as much, if not more, to the friendship than the Halls. Along the way, Denver comes to know God and becomes something of a missionary himself. Ultimately, he is instrumental in helping the Hall family through an awful ordeal. The power of God to work in and through people comes through loud and clear in this story.

For anyone who has ever dismissed a homeless person as someone disposable or without value, this book might make them see things differently. Certainly, it should be enough to make one take a second look at those who appear to have the least and those who appear to have the most. This book shows that outward appearances aren't always accurate.

From a burning plantation hut in Louisiana to an upscale New York art gallery, you will see the heart of God in this unexpected tale of the transforming power of love and friendship. Gritty with pain and betrayal, Same Kind of Different As Me is an inspirational true story that crosses the barriers of society.

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Same Kind of Different As Me

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