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Embracing the Spiritual Lessons of Unbelonging Too often, cultural belonging becomes a battle, and its winners gain the world: access, comfort, safety, community. Yet for those on the margins--set apart from their culture by differences such as ethnicity, class, ability, and faith--God offers something even greater. The Gift of the Outsider celebrates the blessings found in unbelonging--and calls Christians of all backgrounds to love and listen to their community's outcasts. As a Christian, a Black American, a woman, and an expatriate, author Alicia J. Akins offers heartfelt reflections on her own experiences as an outsider. She illuminates how we can ● cherish the unique gifts that God bestows on those who endure loneliness and adversity ● encourage and humbly receive the invaluable insights outsiders of all kinds have to offer ● delight in how the differences within God's people reflect his majesty--and how Christ's reign unifies all believers Compassionate and biblically grounded, The Gift of the Outsider enriches today's broader conversations surrounding diversity and inclusion, and is sure to encourage and challenge outsiders and insiders alike.

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Alicia J. Akins is a writer and recovering expat based in DC. After living and working in Asia for five years, she considers it a second home. She is a Masters of Arts in Biblical Studies student at RTS, Washington, and serves as a deaconess in her church, Grace DC Downtown. Kellye A. Saunders is a professor of dance at Texas Christian University. As a classically trained ballerina, Ms. Saunders has performed on the most famous stages in the world as well as on Broadway. At home both onstage and behind the microphone, she employs her artistic sensibility, as well as a keen attention to detail to every project to which she is entrusted. A native of Washington DC, she now resides in Ft. Worth, Texas.

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