The Urban Halo: A Story of Hope for Orphans of the Poor

by Craig Greenfield

Craig left a high-flying job to move to Cambodia and set up home with his wife in the Phnom Penh slums. As the poor became their neighbours and their friends, a distinctive ministry began to emerge.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850787271
• ISBN13: 9781850787273
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Authentic
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A Life Changing Book

This is one of the few books that has ever made me cry. The author and his wife and children lived in the slums of Cambodia for a number of years and their ideas on how to help the local children left when their parents died are surprising to a person with traditional solutions in mind. What is even more surprising is the honesty the author shows when describing his own reactions to living life on the front lines. Anybody who is interested in helping the poor in real ways needs to read this book.

An gripping insider's story of living among and serving the poorest of the poor

You can read this book quickly, but the lessons and insights will stick with you for a long time. The author is a Christian who has lived and served among the poor in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He calmly writes about choices that one in a million Jesus followers would take, like giving up his lucrative job as a brand manager in an internationally successful company to go live at "The End of the Road" (the actual name of a slum where he eventually settled with his wife and baby). I picked up the book in Cambodia after visiting some of the sites mentioned in the story. I was amazed to see nearly destitute Cambodians looking after the needs of truly destitute Cambodians. It was an image of empowerment made possible by sacrifice which you can't buy with money. It takes someone, like this author, willing to invest his or her own life.