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The Homeward Call
by Jeff Pratt

The Homeward Call: A Contemplative Journey into a Love That Will Not Let Us Go; is the life story of Jeff Pratt, who was born and raised in a strong Mormon family, and set on the fast track to leadership within the Latter Day Saints Church before Jesus invaded his life. 
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About the Author
After becoming a Christian, Jeff encountered nominalism and half-hearted devotion so often found in the Church, which led him to conclude that Mormons were more diligent at living their religious convictions than Christians were at following Jesus as a way of life. This realization led Jeff on a spiritual journey back to a more ancient homeland of a Bible-based Contemplative activism—a call that has taken him to over 100 nations, and into a life-altering intimacy with God, who he says, aches for our full presence, and invites us to experience his. That is the invitation of this book.

Endorsements

This is theological autobiography at its best! With humor, wit, and a heavy dose of wisdom, Jeff shares his journey from the Mormon church, which was filled with committed people, to the Christian faith, which he sadly discovered has comparatively few truly committed adherents.

His story will have you giggling one minute, tearing up the next, and feeling convicted in all the right places. But most of all, Jeff’s story is certain to inspire you to embrace a more passionate, committed, and fulfilling relationship with Christ!”


Greg Boyd
Senior Pastor, Woodland Hills Church (Maplewood, MN)
Author of 20 books, including Present Perfect 

The Homeward Call is a rare gift: a compelling story of grace, deeply earthed, inspiring and provocative in equal measure. There is an unusual sense here of being offered something more than a memoir. These pages have been lived truly and written prayerfully. Here we have an invitation to walk the ancient paths with a trusted guide on the way that leads us home.“

Pete Greig
Founder of the 24/7 Prayer Movement, Church Planter
Author of Red Moon Rising and Dirty Grace

Jeff Pratt’s life story, combined with practical
spiritual direction, makes this book on contemplative
activism one of my favorites. My faith has been
powerfully built up, my view of God expanded,
and my desire to see wrongs made right increased
exponentially. This book is a must read."


Tom Cole
Director of Hope Grows Farm & Restoration Center
Author of Pure Heart-Restoration of the Heart Through the Beatitudes​
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In The Homeward Call, readers are invited to join
Jeff Pratt on a pilgrimage through life and faith.
Deeply personal, yet profoundly universal,
this book offers a path to a rich and fulfilling journey
into deeper faithfulness as followers of Christ."


Jamie Arpin-Ricci
Author of Vulnerable Faith: Missional Living
in the Radical Way of St. Patrick

I remember the first time I ever heard Jeff Pratt talk to God. It was in April of 1992. That was the first time I met Jeff and I remember it because I had never heard anyone talk to God like that before. It was as if he was talking to an intimate friend. I remember thinking at the time: “I want to know God like that.” I’m forever grateful that Jeff has walked with me on that journey. In a way, it’s been a journey home.

We have been friends for almost a quarter of a century now and I can say that the words you read in The Homeward Call not only have the potential to be life-changing… they are also authentic. Jeff lives a life of such deep intimacy with God, it is contagious.


Rob Morris
President & Founder of Love146

All of life is sacred and our journey into eternal life is the journey of discovering our place of origin - GOD. Jeff is a true pilgrim on this road, an example and exile for Christ in a world of great beauty and pain. Authenticity, honesty, compassion and wonder hallmark Jeff’s call to the deeper life that is ours in Jesus of Nazareth. Onwards and upwards.

Greg Valerio MBE. Spiritual Director (FISC) and Founder of the Society of St. Columba
Author of Making Trouble
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It’s been said that God is like the “hound of heaven” pursuing us, coming after us to lead us home. Here is a beautiful homecoming story of a man who was raised Mormon, and has travelled the world, only to find God closer than he ever imagined.”

Shane Claiborne
Activist, Speaker
Author of The Irresistible Resolution
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Jeff Pratt, who has been faithfully knowing and serving the Lord for more than three decades, in the pages of his book walks you through his world, that will minister into your world—the life and love and challenges of following Jesus. I encourage you to learn, be inspired,
instructed and grow spiritually, while reading
this very interesting book."


Loren Cunningham
Founder & President of YWAM
Author of Is That Really You God & Why Not Women?​

Homeward Call is an invitation to follow the often
subtle, yet clarion call of faith to discover the
essence of life. Take up this journey and let it
surprise you."


Stephan Bauman
President & CEO of World Relief
Author of Possible​

It’s not a religion it’s a relationship’, is a phrase used
by many of us followers of Jesus but I wonder how
many of us actually make it practically so. My friend
Jeff Pratt has from the beginning of his journey in
Christ, intensely made it an intimate knowing. Every
line in this book seemed to draw me and make me
hungry for greater closeness. There is no covering
or wrapper on Jeff’s very raw, open, transparent
presentation of his search and life journey
to be where God created humans to be; walking and
talking daily with this personal, loving, accepting
and interested-in-each-of-us God. I welcome the invitation
to rediscover the somewhat lost slow-dance
of meditation, contemplation, pilgrimage, and face
to face friendship like Moses and so many others
have delighted in over the centuries."


Dean Sherman
International Bible Teacher
Dean of the College of Christian Ministries
for the University of the Nations
Author of Love, Sex and Relationships
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I didn’t know Jeff before the invitation to read his book. But now having read it, I feel I know both Jeff and our Lord Jesus even more. Engaging, story-driven and immediately relevant - this book is ideal for anyone intrigued by the contemplative life or hungry to know Jesus but turned off by religion. I met Jesus afresh in these pages, and have finished with an invigorated faith, equipped with a toolkit of contemplative practices Jeff so skillfully makes accessible to every reader. 

Andrew Brumme
Producer, In Pursuit of Silence film

Jeff Pratt's story shares his uncommon journey from the Mormon church and into the body of Christian activism through the contemplative practices of the church. It's an honest exploration, one that gives practical examples of what it means to follow in the way of Jesus. Take this book. Read it. Savor it.

Seth Haines
Author of Coming Clean

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A Contemplative Journey Into a Love That Will Not Let Us Go
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