Authentic Love: Everything I Learned About Jesus, I Learned from a Child

By Jon Jorgenson

Jesus talks about having a child-like faith. The phrase always confused me until I spent eight summers working with children at summer camp in northern Illinois. After all that time of trying to teach them about Jesus, I have come to one conclusion: they had more to teach me. I hope they teach you something as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490828312

Jon Jorgenson

From 2005 to 2013, Jon worked with nearly five thousand students ages 8–18 at summer camps in northern Illinois. Responding to a lifelong call to write, Jon is now publishing his first book about those experiences. Along with writing, Jon is an actor and co-founder of The Anima Series on YouTube.com. Currently living in New York City, Jon continues to write, act, and make new friends every day.

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