I’m really starting to love Canadians. Seriously, some of my newest and coolest friends reside there. This stellar review from Erin Wilson, AKA Biscotti Brain, is worth your time to read. Erin, many thanks.
I will never play the game Chicken with Tom Davis.  I would lose, guaranteed.

Tom Davis, author of Red Letters:  Living a Faith That Bleeds
has the ability, through his writing, to stare you directly in the eye
and speak truth that takes your breath away. He begins Red Letters with
an apology on behalf of the Christian church, to the 25 million people
currently infected with HIV/AIDS. He apologizes for our unwillingness
to respond to the Bible’s ‘red letters’… those words set apart in
some Bibles as Christ’s own. And Davis clearly outlines his take on
Gospel: "The only Gospel worth living is the one that incarnates love.
The only Gosepl worth giving our lives for is the one that elevates the
needs of others above our own. That’s what the "good news" is all
about."

Davis weaves biblical passages with his own experiences
working with orphans in places like Russia and Swaziland. He names the
fears that keep us immobile. He provides statistics that stun. He looks
at the sanctity of life and call to justice. He names the immense needs
faced by so many of our children living around the world.

But in
the most amazing way, Davis does not try to shame us into action.
Rather, he informs, inspires and then provides a host of resources to
help us follow through with the call Christ has placed into each of our
hearts. Somehow he maintains hope for the orphans… and hope for us.

Once
again, my green highlighter got a work out. While this is not a
technically difficult book to read, it was very challenging. Davis
takes away any excuse to be inactive because of ignorance. There were
many passages I could have chosen to share, but I felt like they were
really speaking to my own failings (you’ve got to appreciate a book
that feels like it was written just for you). But I will add here a
quote from Mother Theresa that is used in a chapter called A Call to
Justice:

"When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened
because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because
neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed."

The proceeds from the sale of these books goes back in to feeding orphans.  In fact, do you remember me mentioning "5 for 50"?  Same folks.  And the profits from each book will feed a child for a month.  Seriously.