"If you read this book, you will"...." Reading some books, I could end the sentence, "be a more informed person." But regarding Jimi Calhoun's beautiful book, A Story of Rhythm and Grace, I can say, "you will be a more compassionate person, a more humane person, a more sensitive person, and a more Christ-like person." Jimi is a rare combination of story-teller, sage, artist, and pastor ... and reading this warm-hearted, encouraging, and challenging book is like sitting down with Jimi for a dozen leisurely lunches talking about what it means to be human beings with different skin tones and different histories. It comes at a critical moment, a teachable moment when our nation - and our churches - can move beyond our racial paralysis in search of "a more perfect union." I hope and pray that this book will infuse hundreds of thousands of pastors, small group leaders, neighbors, and coworkers with new rhythm and grace, transforming the ways we see, feel, and interact in our churches and in our world."

Brian McLaren
Author/Speaker/Pastor