Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It's on the Wrong Side of Power Author Tim McLaughlin Instead of being energized by

Instead of being energized by following Christ

Unlike other children’s Easter books

and magic that exists only in fantasy

Fifteen-year-old Rae Walters has growing doubts and fears about The Plan--the detailed blueprint for high school that will help her follow in her lawyer father's footsteps

and she and Rahn aren’t immune to the aftershocks

Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It's on the Wrong Side of Power Author Tim McLaughlin Instead of being energized byHistory is clear: Whenever the church has aligned itself with worldly, coercive power, it ends up on the wrong side of important justice issues. But when the church cooperates with God's power through his presence among the least powerful, its witness for Jesus transforms the world into a better place. In Reckoning with Power, David Fitch unpacks the difference between worldly power, or power over others, and God's power, which engages not in coercion