Moving to the Margins with Amy Carmichael 

Follow in the footsteps of Amy Carmichael, whose defiance against injustice shined a light in India’s darkest corners. Her extraordinary journey reveals the profound impact of unwavering faith when pitted against social wrongs. What fierce conviction drove this fiery Irishwoman to forsake the familiar for the forsaken, trading comfort for conflict and compassion? 

Downward Discipleship beckons you to learn from Amy's life—a beacon that questions the cost of true discipleship in our world of pain and injustice. In these pages, Amy's fifty-year mission to rescue temple-bound girls becomes a canvas for seven invitations of discipleship. Rahma weaves in her own stirring narrative from Jakarta's slums, presenting a model of discipleship that is demanding as it is rewarding, challenging as it is inspiring. 

This book calls to all who yearn for a faith that is lovingly courageous and radically sacrificial. Rahma points us to a life of downward discipleship. While many in the world clamor to climb the ladders of success and financial security, she invites the reader on a different journey: to follow our savior to unlikely places, meet him among the world’s poor, and experience the joy of abundant life.

Prologue

Invitation 1: From Fear to Friendship

1.1 Asking Amy: How do we sing in the night?

1.2 Seeing Fears Transformed by Friendships

1.3 Encountering Jesus in Places of Addiction

1.4 Room to Reflect

Invitation 2: From Self to Surrender

2.1 Asking Amy: How can we find peace?

2.2 Surrendering to God’s Timing

2.3 Surrendering to a Lifetime of Learning

2.4 Room to Reflect

Invitation 3: From Guilt to Gratitude

3.1 Asking Amy: How can our lives overflow with gratitude?

3.2 Living in Paradox

3.3 Finding Jesus in Surprising Places

3.4 Room to Reflect

Invitation 4: From Control to Compassion

4.1 Asking Amy: What can we do when we feel helpless and out of control?

4.2 Trusting God When We Cannot See

4.3 Bringing Our Laments to the Lord

4.4 Room to Reflect

Invitation 5: From Mammon to Manna

5.1 Asking Amy: How will the Lord provide?

5.2 Giving More than Money

5.3 Trusting God in Times of Scarcity and Plenty

5.4 Room to Reflect

Invitation 6: From Poverty to Praise

6.1 Asking Amy: How can we be sustained through seasons of suffering?

6.2 Clinging to Christ’s Hope in Times of Disappointment

6.3 Discerning the Sacred Task of the Doula

6.4 Room to Reflect

Invitation 7: From Asking Why? To Welcoming the Word

7.1 Asking Amy: What can we do with our questions?

7.2 Recognizing We Need a Savior

7.3 Rooting Ourselves in God’s Word

7.4 Room to Reflect

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendix A: Journal Entry

Appendix B: Songs

Acknowledgments

Bibliography