Street Smart

Every great move of God begins with a story, and most don't start with trumpets or headlines. They begin in the quiet with a whisper, a burden, and a few people with more faith than sense. Street Smart is a collection of those stories-raw, real moments from the streets, drawn from the life and ministry of The Better Way, one of America's largest and longest-running street ministries. Each chapter pulses with the heartbeat of Scripture, offers an unfiltered glimpse into what really happened, and ends with questions to stir your faith and reflections to help you find your place in God's unfolding story. Over the years, the streets taught plenty: survival, resilience, and the raw truth of human nature. Yet what anchored, what truly defined "street smart," was the unshakable truth of Scripture. Each story in these pages comes with three questions for reflection and a section called "Street Smart." In those sections, you'll find truths designed to sharpen your instincts and deepen your wisdom. These aren't polished Sunday-morning sermons. They're street-level lessons, sometimes messy and sometimes hilarious but always honest. As you read, you may laugh, you may cry, but above all, you'll be reminded of this: God still delights in doing extraordinary things through ordinary people.

Pages: 158, Hardcover, WestBow Press