Sarah Sentilles
Author
Language
English
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Description
A single book might not change the world. But this utterly original meditation on art and war might transform the way you see the world—and that makes all the difference.
“How to live in the face of so much suffering? What difference can one person make in this beautiful, imperfect, and imperiled world?”
Through a dazzling combination of memoir, history, reporting, visual culture, literature, and theology,...
“How to live in the face of so much suffering? What difference can one person make in this beautiful, imperfect, and imperiled world?”
Through a dazzling combination of memoir, history, reporting, visual culture, literature, and theology,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"May you always feel at home. After their decision not to have a biological child, Sarah Sentilles and her husband, Eric, decided to adopt via the foster care system. Knowing that the goal is reunification with the birth family, Sarah opens their home to a flurry of social workers who question, evaluate, and ultimately prepare them to welcome a child into their family--even if it most likely means giving them up. After years of starts and stops, a...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Sarah Sentilles relationship with God was not a casual one. When it began to unravel she was in the ordination process to become an Episcopal priest. She was a youth minister at a church in a suburb of Boston and a doctoral student in theology at Harvard. You might say they were engaged and that the wedding was all planned- the church reserved, the menu chosen, the flowers arranged. Calling it off would be more than a little awkward. But in fact,...