UnderTheOverpass.com

Hi there! Thanks so much for coming to UnderTheOverpass.com. Chances are that you've read Under the Overpass, or someone has told you about my friend Sam's and my intentional journey on the streets of six different American cities as homeless men. Either way, I'm excited that you're here.

Whether you're wanting more information about our journey, or have some thoughts you'd like to share with the rest of us, or want to check out some video footage from our time out there, you'll be able to do all that here at UnderTheOverpass.com. Specifically, though, I'm hoping that this website will do three things:

Connect: UnderTheOverpass.com is meant to be a place where you can connect with different people who have read Under The Overpass and felt the Lord move or lead them powerful ways. Use the Bulletin Board feature to post ideas / comments / reflections, see other people's comments and testimonies about how the Lord is moving in their life, or learn more about Sam's and my journey through the streets of those six American cities.
Empower: God wants to use each of us in very real ways as we live our lives for Him. What are some of the ways that God may be asking you to get connected with other people or to make a difference in this big world we live in? Want to get connected to some local Rescue Missions and find out how you can help out? Go to the Rescue Missions page and check it out!
Learn: Curious about what I'm up to these days? Check out the Journal section of the website for my latest blog / journal posts.

Have a good time looking around here at UnderTheOverpass.com, and, if you want to, help spread the word by directing others this way too.

Grace and Peace.

-Mike.

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My wife Danae and I have just released a new book: Zealous Love: A Practical Guide to Social Jusice. This is a response to some of the world's urgent needs in light of Christ's great love. Through first-hand accounts and up-to-date facts about eight global issues, this book provides readers with the information, inspiration, and involvement they need to personally make a difference in their world.

Hope you can check it out!

Below is my latest journal entry. Click here to view the complete journal archive.

Recommended Reads
Last week I had the chance to be a guest speaker for three days at John Brown University in Arkansas. During my time there I joined in on a class discussion about the History of Poverty in the United States of America and one of the students asked me for a reading list of books that I have found particularly useful / helpful / transformative during the past several years, especially as it concerns the work of caring for the “least of these” or being mindful about social justice.

I love reading (and I've been in grad school at Regent College), and thus there are many titles. This list is by no mans conclusive—but at least it's a start. If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear your thoughts about them, or how they've impacted you in the journey of living out this wonderfully mysterious thing called faith.

A Theology of Human Rights
Justice: Rights & Wrongs by Nicholas Wolterstorff
Justice & Love by Nicholas Wolterstorff
Until Justice and Peace Embrace by Nicholas Wolterstorff
Old Testament Ethics for the People of God by Christopher Wright
A Moral Vision of the New Testament by Richard Hayes
The One, The Three and the Many by Colin Gunton

"Image of God" / Creation / Redemption
The Lost World of Genesis One by John Walton
God in Creation by Jurgen Moltmann
Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright

Intentional Simplicity
What are People For? by Wendell Berry
Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community by Wendell Berry
Living on Less and Liking it More by Maxine Hancock
Living More with Less by Doris Johnson Longacre
Better Off by Eric Brende

Intentional Relationships / Community
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne
Plunging into the Kingdom Way by Tim Dickau
Monk Habits for Everyday Peopleby Dennis L. Okholm

Spiritual Discipline / Practice
Spiritual Theology by Simon Chan
Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard
After You Believe by N.T. Wright

Sabbath
The Sabbath by Abraham Heschel
Living the Sabbath by Norman Wirzba
The Rest of God by Mark Buchannan
Keeping the Sabbath Wholly by Marva Dawn

Lectio Divina / Spiritual Reading
Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson
"Meditation in a Toolshed" by C.S. Lewis (essay)