Crisp, crunchy and crucifying

Daphne Ross  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Jul 2010
Share Add       

JOHNNY CORNFLAKES
A story about loving the unloved
By Denise George. Christian Focus. 140 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978-1-84550-551-6

Johnny Cornflakes is the true story of a young girl raised in segregated Tennessee. She knows only love, privilege and white American southern culture. As a new bride she is moved 1,200 miles north to Chelsea, a violent, multi-cultural inner city suburb of Boston, when her husband becomes minister of a run-down church.

The contrast between her upbringing and new life is extreme. She is unprepared for this and also for the challenge it will bring to her faith. She is no longer rich or safe or mixing with nice white people. Johnny Cornflakes is a local alcoholic who slept rough and scavenged food from dustbins. As far as she is concerned, he is unlovable and beyond redemption. God uses this man, along with a host of other characters, to open her eyes to her prejudice and arrogance.

Share
< Previous article| Reviews| Next article >
Read more articles by Daphne Ross >>
Reviews
Speak to people

Speak to people

This book is written to encourage personal evangelism. The author is pastor of a Baptist church in Co. Cork, Ireland, …

Reviews
Self-image’s slippery slope

Self-image’s slippery slope

As the title indicates, this book is about image and self-worth in women, a big issue among young Christian women …

Subscribe

Enjoy our monthly paper and full online access

Find out more

About en

Our vision, values and history.

Read more