Catherine Claire Larson Livres

Inspired by the award-winning film of the same name. If you were told that a murderer was to be released into your neighborhood, how would you feel? But what if it weren't only one, but thousands? Could there be a common roadmap to reconciliation? Could there be a shared future after unthinkable evil? If forgiveness is possible after the slaughter of nearly a million in a hundred days in Rwanda, then today, more than ever, we owe it to humanity to explore how one country is addressing perceptual, social-psychological, and spiritual dimensions to achieve a more lasting peace. If forgiveness is possible after genocide, then perhaps there is hope for the comparably smaller rifts that plague our relationships, our communities, and our nation. Based on personal interviews and thorough research, As We Forgive returns to the boundary lines of genocide's wounds and traces the route of reconciliation in the lives of Rwandans--victims, widows, orphans, and perpetrators--whose past and future intersect. We find in these stories how suffering, memory, and identity set up roadblocks to forgiveness, while mediation, truth-telling, restitution, and interdependence create bridges to healing. As We Forgive explores the pain, the mystery, and the hope through seven compelling stories of those who have made this journey toward reconciliation. The result is a narrative that breathes with humanity and is as haunting as it is hopeful.

A devotional journal inviting women to embrace the spiritualjourney that awaits as they prepare for the high and holy calling of motherhood. Expecting ababy is a time of unfolding wonders—from the jolt of first heartbeat, to thebuds of tiny fingers, to the flutter of little kicks. During pregnancy, amother’s body nourishes this quiet miracle’s development. But through thetrials of morning sickness, the anticipation of labor, and the questions ofwhether she’ll be a good mother, she’ll need her own nourishment—both physicalas well as spiritual. She’ll want to nurture her own heart so that she may oneday strengthen the spiritual life of this child entrusted to her. Waiting in Wonder guides readers through the weeks ofpregnancy with devotions designed to encourage, strengthen, and inspire. Each devotionincludes Scripture and journaling space for writing personal thoughts, prayers,dreams, even love letters to the growing baby. And when baby is born, motherwill hold a lifelong keepsake for rereading and reliving a truly wonder-filledtime of physical change and spiritual growth.