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    What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
    What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
    What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
    Audiobook4 hours

    What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing

    Written by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent

    Narrated by Jon Watson and Rick N. Jones

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    About this audiobook

    Some stories just can’t be stopped. What Difference Do It Make? continues the hard-to-believe story of hope and reconciliation that began with the New York Times best seller Same Kind of Different as Me.

    Ron Hall and Denver Moore, unlikely friends and even unlikelier coauthors, share the hard-to-stop story of how a remarkable woman’s love brought them together. Now, the pair details new reflections and stories of hope and healing, covering topics such as faith, friendship, community outreach, and more.

    In What Difference Do It Make?, Ron and Denver along with Lynn Vincent offer:

    • more of the story - with untold anecdotes, especially Ron’s struggle with his difficult father and Denver’s dramatic stint in Angola prison
    • the rest of the story - how Same Kind of Different as Me came to be written and changed the lives of its authors
    • the ongoing story - true tales of hope from people whose lives have been changed by Ron and Denver’s story and how they make a difference in their worlds
    • your part in the story - wise, practical, and hard-lived guidance for how you can make a difference to those in need

    This book weaves three lives that learned how to trust and love God, into the tapestry of a society of skeptics that have learned to turn our hearts to help and bless those less fortunate, but we are all still working our way together toward the same destination of eternal life.

    Deeply moving but never sappy or sentimental, What Difference Do It Make? answers its own question with a simple and emphatic answer. What difference can one person (or two) make in the world? A lot!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJan 18, 2022
    ISBN9781401606886
    What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
    Author

    Ron Hall

    Ron Hall has dedicated much of the last ten years of his life to speaking on behalf of, and raising money for, the homeless. Formerly an international art dealer, Ron is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and writer/producer of the Paramount/Pure Flix film Same Kind of Different as Me. A Texas Christian University graduate, Ron was honored in 2017 with the Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition to traveling and speaking, Ron and his wife, Beth, run the Same Kind of Different as Me foundation (SKODAM.org), which meets emergency needs for those who are less fortunate.

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    • 3/5
      This book is the sequel to Same Kind of Different as Me . It was good, but I felt it was unnecessary to even have a sequel. Much of this could have been included in the first book as an epilogue. There were just a few stories from readers; most were written by Denver and Ron. Not to say their stories were uninspiring, but in my opinion, this just felt like extra stuff that didn't warrant a separate book.
    • 5/5
      Loved this follow-up to Same Kind of Difference As Me. This book is inspiring and thought-provoking.
    • 4/5
      Last week, I finished Same Kind of Different as Me, posted a review on my blog, and attended a book club meeting where we discussed the book. At the book club, we were told there was a sequel and there was some talk of trying to obtain the sequel and read it. We unanimously reveled in the book.I was overjoyed then to see a publisher’s representative posted a comment on my blog about my review. She mentioned the new sequel and offered to send me a copy. I replied and, to my astonishment, I found a beautiful copy of the new book in my next day’s mail. I will warn you that sequels often disappoint me. I’m not even one to read all the books in a series; I will often read the first book and then stop, not wanting to experience the disappointment of a follow-up book.This book was not a disappointment. I picked it up at noon and leisurely read it and thought about it all afternoon. It answers some questions we pondered at our book group (included are some photos of Denver’s artwork and we learn more about Ron’s experiences with his father) but it also includes stories of people who were affected by the first book and felt called to take action. I’m happy that I can recommend it to others. It’s the best kind of book about real Christianity, the kind that pops up in surprising places, that moves in waves of love.
    • 4/5
      This charming book consists of intertwining stories. Ron Hall and Denver Moore are an unlikely pair of friends. Denver, a former homeless man was befriended years ago by Ron Hall and his wife Deborah. They each tell the story of their lives through vignettes. Interspersed between Ron and Denver’s stories are other stories of people who have read their previous book “Same Kind of Different as Me”, and had their lives transformed. “What Difference Do it Make?” is an enchanting book of hope that can reach across all religions and backgrounds.Upon reading the first few chapters of this book, I thought that it was going to be a depressing read. Ron and Denver started both of their stories in their childhood which was filled with anguish, but I suppose the best stories start in the darkest places. As their stories progressed the dark cloud lifted and I became inspired and excited to read more.Not only did I enjoy Ron and Denver’s stories, but I also enjoyed the stories of the everyday people who sent their stories to the pair after reading their first book, “Same Kind of Different as Me”. Each of these stories gave me hope that this world isn’t such a bad place after all. Each one of these people made a difference in the lives of others, sometimes with a grand gesture and sometimes with just a little blessing.As a unit, this book worked well. Even though the stories skipped back and forth, it was not hard to follow. The Biblical truth was not buried deep with in flowery prose, it was easy to see what this book was attempting and I felt it was successful.I would recommend this book to anyone, even the most non-religious cynic I know. If this doesn’t put a crack in their exterior, nothing will.