In Drops Like Stars, the New York Times bestselling author of Love Wins explores the complex relationship between suffering and creativity. Rob Bell (“One of the country’s most influential evangelical pastors” —New York Times) suggests that art can be found in the agony of our lives. Fans of the thought-provoking works of Donald Miller, N.T. Wright, Brian McLaren, and Timothy Keller will find true enlightenment in this thoughtful and engaging book from this vibrant, progressive voice for a new generation of Christians, the prolific pastor whom Time Magazine named one of the most influential people of 2011.
Drops Like Stars: A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Suffering
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“Bell is at the forefront of a rethinking of Christianity in America.” (Time magazine )
“One of the country’s most influential evangelical pastors.” (New York Times )
“Drops Like Stars is an exciting new direction for the prolific pastor.” (Relevant Magazine )
“Rob Bell is one of the hottest names in contemporary evangelical life.” (Boston Globe )
“One of the nation’s rock-star-popular young pastors.” (USA Today )
“Bell weaves inspiring stories of people who turned their suffering into something transformative, and many of these stories are memorable.” (Publishers Weekly )
“In this spunky little book filled with photographs… Bell looks at the suffering, pain, and loss that often knock the wind out of us and threaten to destroy our hope for the future.” (Spirituality and Practice )
“One of the country’s most influential evangelical pastors.” (New York Times )
“Drops Like Stars is an exciting new direction for the prolific pastor.” (Relevant Magazine )
“Rob Bell is one of the hottest names in contemporary evangelical life.” (Boston Globe )
“One of the nation’s rock-star-popular young pastors.” (USA Today )
“Bell weaves inspiring stories of people who turned their suffering into something transformative, and many of these stories are memorable.” (Publishers Weekly )
“In this spunky little book filled with photographs… Bell looks at the suffering, pain, and loss that often knock the wind out of us and threaten to destroy our hope for the future.” (Spirituality and Practice )
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When we encounter pain and suffering, our lives are disrupted. Our normal paths and expectations come to a halt. Suffering forces us to take a new path, to create new expectations. In Drops Like Stars, Bell shows us how art does the same thing; it disrupts us, forces us to see the world differently and to forge new expectations. How will we reimagine suffering when we realize that God sees our lives as works of art?
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Rob Bell is a bestselling author, international teacher, and highly sought after public speaker. His books include The New York Times bestseller Love Wins, along with Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, and Drops Like Stars. At age 28 he founded Mars Hill Bible Church in Michigan, and under his leadership it was one of the fastest-growing churches in America. In 2011 he was profi led inTime Magazine as one of the 100 most in uential people. Rob is also the featured speaker in a series of spiritual short lms called NOOMA. Currently, he is working with former LOST producer Carlton Cuse on a television series and will be releasing a new book in 2013. He and his wife Kristen have three children and live in Los Angeles.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Here's a short little booklet you can read over your lunch hour. Rob Bell, the controversial emergent mega-church pastor and best-selling author of Love Wins, tackles the subject of grief.
Bell is a minister, but doesn't turn this into a book about God. It's not tough love and it's not sappy sentiment. Just words to think about and draw inspiration from.
If you're thinking about buying this as a gift book, I wouldn't say that it's appropriate for the deep-in-grief stage, but rather the help-me-stand-up-again stage. As Bell says, he's less concerned about the "why this?" than the "what now?"
Never heard Bell preach, but I'm sure beginning to like him as a person. I guess that's the important thing for a good spiritual adviser.
Bell is a minister, but doesn't turn this into a book about God. It's not tough love and it's not sappy sentiment. Just words to think about and draw inspiration from.
If you're thinking about buying this as a gift book, I wouldn't say that it's appropriate for the deep-in-grief stage, but rather the help-me-stand-up-again stage. As Bell says, he's less concerned about the "why this?" than the "what now?"
Never heard Bell preach, but I'm sure beginning to like him as a person. I guess that's the important thing for a good spiritual adviser.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd never read any of Bell's work before this one, but now find myself inspired to read more.
The writing was clear, served in little helpings about this subject and that, and eventually wrapped back around to where it began.
The ideas he wrote about were made fascinating by his take on how things work with regard to creativity and suffering.
Not preachy at all, in fact, very few mentions of how the subjects connected with God.
Fast read. I'll probably read it again.
The writing was clear, served in little helpings about this subject and that, and eventually wrapped back around to where it began.
The ideas he wrote about were made fascinating by his take on how things work with regard to creativity and suffering.
Not preachy at all, in fact, very few mentions of how the subjects connected with God.
Fast read. I'll probably read it again.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Rob Bell has done another incredible job of bringing the Scriptures to life for the modern day. My only complaint, if you cn call it that, is that the book is far too short. More please!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful
Excellent, beautiful, thought-provoking, inspiring, encouraging - all the things you expect from Rob. So perfectly communicated I wanted to highlight and share most every page!
Published 11 days ago by Marvelyne Engel
4.0 out of 5 stars
Challenge yourself with a new perspective
I actually attended Rob's Drops Like Stars tour event back in 2011. When I saw the book was on sale, I jumped for a chance to dive back in to the subject matter. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Cy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Changed my life
Seriously, the book itself is so creative... such a new and deep, yet simple way to explain why we suffer. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Salvatore J Gulino
5.0 out of 5 stars
The universal ache
Rob Bell has such a way with words and he has a way to get to the heart of things. We have a saying in the south, "get to the meat of the coconut". Read more
Published 2 months ago by G. Stephen Goode
3.0 out of 5 stars
Quick read
This may need to be read a couple of times to get the impact. Not the usual well referenced book.
Published 5 months ago by Chip Mornard
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Stuff
Nice connections made. Inspiring. Has the classic Rob Bell styled writing. Read it very fast. Then read it again another day. I am glad I bought it.
Published 6 months ago by Mark Greenwald
4.0 out of 5 stars
Drops Like Stars
It is surprisingly short book but powerful. A lot of what is said isn't new but I found the way he said it made me think about it again, he made it fresh. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Debbie
5.0 out of 5 stars
I saw the live show and it was great.
Bell is one of the most artistic christian intellectuals we have. This was a brilliant performance.
I and the whole audience was moved, surprised and delighted. Read more
I and the whole audience was moved, surprised and delighted. Read more
Published 7 months ago by B. Weeks
4.0 out of 5 stars
<3
I bought this book after it being recommended to me by friends as well as amazon. But after I saw it in twloha's shop I had to buy it. Despite it being short, it was amazing. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Kaitlyn :)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book!
This book was a short, quick read but it was so thought provoking! I was soaking up every word, I love Rob Bell's interpretations. Read more
Published 8 months ago by KittyCatL
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