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Dirty Faith was an inspiring and educational book. As a social worker I really appreciated this book because of the issues it brought up. Today there is a popular movement for Christians to go on mission trips and help orphans. However, many Christians do not really understand what it means to be an orphan. They have this image of going and helping cute, adorable kids and saving their lives. That is sadly not what happens when working with orphans.
Nowell does a great job of showing what following God and "bringing the love of Christ to the least of these" is really like. There is a reason he calls this book Dirty Faith. Through many stories and biblical references Nowell tells how important it is to minister to orphans and how difficult it is. He points out something that I realized soon after getting into social work. Orphans are cute and adorable but they have major issues. They are young and older children who have faced hardships that others can only dream of facing. That hardens people. Most of these orphans have a hard time trusting people. Some steal for a living, some prostitute themselves, while others have even murdered. They are not your typical children. However, they deserve so much love because of all of this and most importantly because Christ loves them. Dirty Faith does such a good job of explaining this. I highly recommend this book, especially if you are a social worker!
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