Book Review: Lost Boy by Greg Laurie

If you've ever thought to yourself, God could never have use for someone like me, you need to read Lost Boy: My Story, the autobiography of Pastor Greg Laurie. This story positively proves that God uses the weak and foolish things of this world to confound those who are wise and mighty.

To put it mildly, Greg Laurie had a troubled childhood. Although he's now senior pastor of one of the largest churches in America, Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, his youth was precariously unstable. Born illegitimately and raised by a wild and reckless, alcoholic mother, who married seven times during his developmental years, Greg has every claim to the term "dysfunctional family." Yet his spiritual rags-to-riches story is nothing short of miraculous. When I received my copy of Lost Boy, I immediately wanted to read it. I attend a thriving East Coast Calvary Chapel and have known only goods things about Greg Laurie and his vibrant ministry on the opposite coast. Just a few weeks later, I heard the tragic news about the death of his 33-year-old son, Christopher. Now I had to read it. I put away the book I had been struggling to finish, and I picked up Lost Boy. From the first chapter, I got lost within the story. Since I couldn't find a single negative point to make in my review, I gave it 5 stars.

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