I Became a Christian and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt - Vince Antonucci

Many people find themselves asking, "Is this it?"

"We all read about the life Jesus describes and are painfully aware that our lives don't match his words," says Vince Antonucci, a disarmingly funny and edgy pastor. Raised by a Jewish mother and abandoned by his professional poker-playing father, Antonucci found Jesus at age twenty after studying the New Testament. When he finally started meeting Christians, he was disappointed to discover a "boring, stale religion."

Many of us can relate. Faith feels disconnected, sucked up by Sunday pep rallies and chintzy spiritual souvenirs. Think you might be bored with religion? Do any of these hit home:

• I am disappointed with my spiritual life.
• I yearn to follow Jesus and live like him.
• I experience church as a monotonous religious routine.
• I long for real, authentic community.
• I seek spiritual adventure and fulfillment.
• I need my faith to make a difference.

Identify? Through provocative storytelling and gut-level honesty, Antonucci unearths the life Jesus lived and wants us to experience, challenging us to move past spiritual boredom into a faith that's exciting, beautiful, and powerful.

Vince Antonucci pastors Verve, an innovative church that seeks to reach people who work on and live around the Las Vegas Strip. The upcoming upcoming television series God for the Rest of Us will chronicle Vince's work there. In addition to writing books, Vince leads mission trips around the world, speaks nationwide, performs stand-up comedy in Las Vegas, and most of all, loves spending time with his wife, Jennifer, and their two kids