Melanie Springer Mock is a professor of English at George Fox University and the author or editor of five books, including If Eve Only Knew. Her essays and reviews have appeared in The Nation, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Christian Feminism Today, Brain, Child, Literary Mama, and Her.Meneutics, among others. She and her husband and sons live in Dundee, Oregon.
"Every once in a while, a book lands on my desk that I wish I had
read when I was in college. The book you now hold in your hands is
one of those books. . . . This is theology at its best."--Carolyn
Custis James "Reviews"
"Melanie Springer Mock's new book, Worthy, truly matters. It
matters, as Madeleine L'Engle might say, 'cosmically, ' as the
author tells her own story of untangling her faith from empty or
showy religion and affirms that we are all "inherently
image-bearers of God" and worthy simply because we exist. I love
Mock's sensibility (and good sense) and her call to authenticity
and love."--Jennifer Grant "Reviews"
"Melanie Springer Mock's Worthy is so many things: memoir and
resource, theological reflection and cultural critique . . . wise,
cantankerous, charming."--Bromleigh McCleneghan "Reviews"
"Melanie Springer Mock's Worthy uniquely weaves scholarly inquiry
and good storytelling into a powerful witness."--Bettina Tate
Pedersen "Reviews"
"Reading Worthy is like sitting down for a cup of coffee with a
best friend you didn't know you had. Melanie Springer Mock both
affirms the worthiness of every human being as created in God's
image, and gently leads her reader to consider larger questions of
social justice in the context of individual worth. This book is a
must-read for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider, watching
the parade of 'haves' go by while perennially feeling like a 'have
not.'"--Elrena Evans "Reviews"
"Using her own life as a flashlight, Melanie Springer Mock
wonderfully illustrates ways to discover worth when 'not enough' is
the message most often heard in Christian and secular cultures. If
you are yearning to be simply and amazingly 'you' in Christ and in
community, read this book. It certainly touched me."--MaryKate
Morse "Reviews"
"When we are truly, deeply loved, the way Jesus loves, our hearts
and minds expand beyond all knowing. Worthy doesn't just describe
that love; it takes you inside it through the power of story.
Reading this beautiful, vulnerable book will make you feel worthy
in your very bone --and will inspire you to love others the same
way. What good news!"--Shirley Showalter "Reviews"
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