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FIRE IN OUR HEARTS I left my job as a school technician in Northampton and began to grapple, weep and laugh my way through a story that was both epic and passionately dear to my heart. As I dug through the archives, listened to old tapes, and talked with the many characters, memories flooded back. Then I poured out my soul into the word-processor and tried to capture the spirit and vision of those years. Mike got me to tidy it all up! As it’s seen somewhat through my eyes, you’ll have to bear with me when I (Simon Cooper) wander in and out of the story. Though this isn’t exactly an official history of the Jesus Fellowship, there has been a good deal of hard research, discussion, polishing and editing. We’ve also tried to provide some biblical framework for what God has led us into and to set our own story in the context of the wider Christian scene. You’ll find that there are a lot of names in this book. We’ve tried to keep them distinct without resorting to the formality of surnames too often. (Within the Fellowship we often give people unofficial ‘virtue’ names, and these are mostly used to describe people.) Neither of us could have produced this book on his own, but then that’s really the theme of the whole book. This isn’t a story by or about any one person. It’s too big for that. As we’ve worked through this text, we’ve often been unashamedly moved and humbled. For this is a story of a bunch of widely different individuals whom God blessed, though they didn’t often deserve it; changed, when they didn’t always want it; and joined together — as a people with fire in our hearts. 20
FIRE IN OUR HEARTS Preface to Second Edition And now, six years on, Fire in our Hearts has travelled the globe. It’s been read in prisons and stately homes. But, like any good story, people keep asking, ‘What happens next?’ So the time has come to update and expand the story. I’ve enjoyed writing about the last few years. I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading about them! Simon Cooper 21
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