Jeremy spent 5 years in Washington D.C. working on Capitol Hill, and now works at a small church in Grand Rapids, MI. While on Capitol Hill, he worked for a United States Senator and later pastored among this community of people, leading bible studies and mentoring congressional staffers in the Way of Jesus. This experience and vantage point, coupled with his Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science from Cedarville University, gave him a unique perspective on faith, Church and the American experience that he hopes will help others live in the tension of faith Jesus and postmodern America.

Currently, he is pursuing the Master of Divinity at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and helps pastor a small missional community just outside Grand Rapids. He lives in Grand Rapids with his wife Melinda and writes at www.novuslumen.net. His first book was released in October 2008 titled, the (un)offensive gospel of Jesus. It is based on several blog posts, experiences in the Western Church, conversations and friendships, and studies on the Gospels, theology and the joy of following Jesus.

If you prefer, you may send mail to: P.O. Box 1180; Grand Rapids, MI 49501

Who is the Jesus we’re showing? What is the Story we’re telling?

These honest questions sit at the heart of this punchy, provocative book by Jeremy Bouma. Throughout his debut title, Jeremy seeks to drive a conversation within the Church about how She is showing Jesus and telling His hopeful Story because America is progressively skipping toward post-Christendom. Many within America are increasingly disinterested in Jesus, skeptical of His followers, and ambivalent toward His good, hopeful message.

Why is this the case? If Jesus and His message are what people have been waiting for their whole life, why are so many people leaving and avoiding Him, His community, and gospel Story? Who is the Jesus people are seeing? What is the Story people are hearing? The time is right to cast a new vision for showing and telling.

The (un)offensive gospel of Jesus sketches a fresh portrait of the good Jesus and hopeful gospel found in the Holy Scriptures. Based on his experiences in the American Church, conversations and friendships, studies in theology and the Gospels, and the joy of personally following Jesus, Jeremy explores how Jesus and His gospel are inherently inspiring, reassuring and good. More importantly, he reminds the Church that we are responsible for the Jesus we show and the Jesus people see, the Story we tell and the Story people hear. In the end, the author helps us all understand why the person and message of Jesus are more hopeful than many of us think.

Visit the website at: www.unoffensivegospel.com

“What we in the West desperately need now is a new consciousness, a broad new narrative, a new myth to live by…” —Adbusters #89

In a world consumed by war, economic problems, environmental shifts, global poverty, and national depression, how do we create meaning for a life that seems so meaningless? What story are we using to define our collective one? How are you defining yours?

This book is about a story. A story about our individual and collective pilgrim stories. One that has passed from tribe to tribe, family to family and person to person for generations. This story is the grand, sweeping, magical, story of God’s rescue.

Once upon a time, our beautiful world was whole, complete and good. But then something happened: we rebelled against our Creator and now it is not the way it was supposed to be. We aren’t either.

Like any story, this one offers a solution, a fix. God’s story of Rescue explains how God is putting the world back together again and offers everyone on the planet the chance to redefine their own story through the promise of rescue and hope of re-creation.

That’s God’s story. It’s ours, too.

Visit the website at www.storyofrescue.com.