Get Up off Your Knees: Preaching the "U2" Catalog

It will stretch you, inspire you, make you think-but perhaps most important, bring you to prayer in an active and engaged way. . . . Raewynne and Beth have put together a beautifully concise, but well argued rationale for meeting God in popular culture, and provided some ideas of how to go about helping us do it.

Like a cross between a hermeneutical ‘capture the flag’ and a theological ‘Where’s Waldo?’

They offer a welcome portrait of what’s possible when you have three chords and the truth.

What I want to holler is the great news that this book, these sermons inspired by the lyrics of U2, really is a fine collection. Get Up Off Your Knees simply cannot be summarized. Each sermon deserves its own critical and prayerful engagement.

Whiteley, Maynard, and company have created a book that could have been subtitled ‘A Brief Look at Christianity for Novices’. You might not know the theological jargon, but if you’re a U2 fan you probably have experienced the sorts of things these writers were taught about at their divinity schools.