Between Two Worlds: The Spiritual Journey of an Evangelical Catholic [Paperback]

Harold Fickett (Author), Mike Timmis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 4, 2008

After a life-changing experience at a Campus Crusade event, Mike Timmis welcomed Christ into his life, with one small catch: Mike was a practicing Catholic.

Now Mike, a prominent leader in both the evangelical and Catholic communities, shares his unique story and the recent cultural changes that have united two very different expressions of faith.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This personal account provides support for the old adage that money really can't buy love. Timmis, a successful Detroit-area lawyer and businessman, rose through the ranks of his firm early in his professional life and had accomplished his primary career goals by age 42. But while he was achieving accolades in the corporate world, his spiritual life and home situation were collapsing. After hearing a moving testimony from a corporate executive at a dinner party, Timmis was impelled to turn his life over to God in a complete and new way. He now directs much more effort into his marriage, family life and acts of charity, and he finds a support network to help keep him spiritually focused. His story is often moving and at times painfully honest, but the book's title is misleading. This is not a book on interfaith dialogue but a memoir, and it only flirts with the tension between Timmis's Catholic upbringing and the evangelical Christianity he now embraces. Furthermore, while Timmis often adopts a humble tone regarding his faith, he occasionally slips into judgmental prose. The author's reflections would have been stronger without these diversions, but his narrative should inspire many to re-evaluate their spiritual lives and consider more healthy priorities. (Jan.)
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How does a kid from working-class Detroit become an international ambassador for Christ? And what motivated an evangelical-based ministry to choose this Catholic as its chairman?

Mike Timmis’s inspiring life as a Catholic and evangelical leader reveals how our unity in Christ transcends the two worlds’ differences. From him, we learn how Catholics and evangelicals can go into an alienated world together as ministers of reconciliation and witnesses to God’s salvation and love.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: NavPress (February 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600062482
• ISBN-13: 978-1600062483
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,073,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moving story of faith and sharing God's Word, March 21, 2008

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Christina Lockstein "Christy's Book Blog" (Oconto Falls, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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Between Two Worlds by Mike Timmis is an intriguing look into the life of an evangelical Catholic. Normally that would seem to be an oxymoron, but as Timmis tells the story of his life, it's easy to see how the term suits him perfectly. Timmis relates his life with honesty and just a shade of hubris. Even as he is ashamed of his Irish temper, he's proud of it as well. He's a man you definitely want on your team: hard-hitting, unafraid to speak his mind, and of singular purpose. When his focus was his job, it was his entire life, but when he turned his life over to Christ, he turned that fierce determination toward God. The book is written in similar format; whatever he was focused on at that time in his life is all that he writes about, so when he turns to God, he doesn't write anymore about his job, although he must have been working to continue his upscale lifestyle. Timmis is just as courageous is sharing his tragedies as he is his triumphs, and when someone called him on hypocrisy, he tells the reader about that as well. He suffered not only personal crises, but his church attacked him as well for his outgoing faith, but he stayed true to it and was rewarded. The story meanders in spots and could have used some reorganizing to make it flow a bit better, but overall it's a good read about a good man.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Between Two Worlds is a story that needed to be told!, February 20, 2008

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This review is from: Between Two Worlds: The Spiritual Journey of an Evangelical Catholic (Paperback)

Between Two Worlds is a story that needed to be told. It is an invitation into the personal life of Mike Timmis, an evangelical Roman Catholic.

Mike's willingness to be vulnerable and share his greatest struggles and deepest loss will touch any who have suffered in similar ways and asked, "Why?" "Where is God in all of this hurt?" And, "Where do I belong?" Mike's story is not one of quick spiritual fixes but of a multi-faceted journey that begins with the revelation of what Jesus really yearns for from all His followers, intimacy with Him!

Any "driven" person working in the business world, who is questioning God's calling on his life, should read this book. Mike didn't abandon the workplace, but instead found his calling in the midst of it.

Any parent who struggles with a rebellious teenager or who has suffered the loss of a child will not only relate to Mike's story, but will be deeply encouraged that there is hope in the midst of tremendous pain.

Any person whose vocation is ministry, whether Protestant or Catholic, should read this book to be encouraged by the remarkable firsthand stories of how Jesus really does cross all divisions. More practically, Mike's personal relationship with Chuck Colson is a beautiful living example of two brothers united in Christ without denying or diminishing one another's faith traditions for the sake of that unity.

But there is more to this fascinating story. Through the person and teachings of Jesus Christ, Mike Timmis discovered he had been raised and placed in the Catholic Church for a purpose. By remaining a committed Catholic he has been able to reach across all divisions of disunity, relating to, learning from, and exhorting evangelicals from all denominations.

Between Two Worlds is worth the read simply for its call and real-life demonstration of what unity in Jesus Christ looks like for today's followers of Jesus. Written in such a non-threatening way, Between Two Worlds asks all of us to examine our consciences regarding what we are doing for the cause of unity in the Body of Christ, beginning first with our families and then on behalf of the least, the last and the lost!

Between Two Worlds is a story that needed to be told and now it needs to be read!

5.0 out of 5 stars Between Two Worlds, December 13, 2010

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The story of Mike Timmis is absolutely heart warming and heart rendering at the same time. God has done and is continuing to do a great work in and through him. His book challenged me to walk closer to the Lord and be obedient to him in all things at all times.