Lightsabers. Ninja stars. A sword named “the Destroyer.” —And brothers with so much energy that even front teeth end up on the floor!
This is where McCaulley’s picture book starts, and it never loses a childlike exuberance for life, even when the Johnson family is challenged to participate in a march for justice, hosted by their church.
Justice looks like a world that’s filled with the love and compassion of God. Justice happens when no one gets special treatment because of their money or race. And the poorest and weakest are protected.”
Esau McCaulley is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and author of the important and best-selling Reading While Black. (Incidentally, while many books labeled “important” are so dry they would be improved by a sawdust chaser, Reading While Black is an engaging, stimulating piece of writing.)
McCaulley’s Andy Johnson features a boy who is at first surprised to learn that there are things in the real world that he should really fight, and is then delighted to discover a way of fighting that is different from what he knew before—a way that would please the Teacher who said,
Blessed are the meek… blessed are the peacemakers.”
He continues to write about adventure, backyard wildlife, and realizing there are no ordinary places, and you can find him at JamesDWitmer.com.
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