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The searing memoir of an extraordinary woman who served as a nun for eleven years in Mother Teresa's order, Hope Endures is a compelling chronicle of idealistic determination, rigid discipline, and shattering disillusionment. InÊher life's journey from certainty to doubt, Colette Livermore enters the Missionaries of Charity order in 1973 with unwavering faith and total surrender ofÊher will and intellect after seeing a documentary on the order's work in India. Only eighteen at the time, Livermore has been studying to enter medical school -- a lifelong goal -- but virtually overnight severs her many ties with family, friends, and the life she's known in beautiful, rural New South Wales in order to train as a sister to aid the poor. In the process, she also gives herself over to the order's unexpectedly severe, ascetic regime, which demands blind obedience and submission. Given the religious name Sister Tobit, Livermore serves in some of the poorest places in the world -- the garbage dump slums of Manila, Papua New Guinea, and Calcutta -- bringing hope and care to people who are desperately ill, hungry, abandoned, and even dying, and comforting whomever she can. Although she draws inspiration and strength from her humanitarian work, Livermore and other nuns risk their own physical health, as they are sent to dangerous areas while being unschooled in the languages and cultures, untrained in medical care, and sometimes unprotected by vaccines. Livermore herself succumbs to bouts of drug-resistant cerebral malaria that almost kill her and to a new strain of hepatitis. Over time she also beginsÊto notice that the order's rigid insistence on unquestioning obedience harms the young sisters mentally, emotionally, and spiritually -- and she experiences a terrible inner struggle to find the right path for herself. As she tries to respond to the suffering around her, she often falls into an incomprehensible conflict between her vow to obey and her vow to serve, between religious strictures and the practice of compassion, between authority and personal conscience. Pressured to stay with the order by Mother Teresa and other superiors, as well as by the younger nuns, Livermore nonetheless decides to leave at age thirty and attain her medical degree, continuing to take health care and relief to impoverished people in remote areas -- the isolated aboriginal communities of the Outback and war-torn East Timor. Even as she serves others as a medical doctor, she continues in a crisis of faith thatÊeventually leads her to become an agnostic. Hope Endures is the eye-opening, deeply affecting story of a brave woman's search for meaning in a world that is rent with tragedies and contradictions. It is also an unflinching critique of any faith that insists on blind obedience. For true hope to endure, Dr. Livermore demonstrates, we must always strive to question, to face the hard truths, and to discover the courage to follow our convictions.
The son of an Edinburgh merchant, Hope had a spectacular beginning to his career: at the age of seventeen, before he had even finished his legal education, he travelled to France to triumph in his first court case and caught the attention of his young king, James VI. It was the beginning of a life at the heart of the government of Scotland. From James VI and I to Cromwell, from John Knox to Montrose, Lord Advocate Hope was a rock in a fast-changing world. He witnessed the reigns of Charles I and Charles II, the founding of the East India Company, affairs of state and affairs of the heart, matters political and diplomatic. No dry-as-dust-lawyer, he was a friend as well as an advisor to the three kings he served. An age of change, violence and upheaval brought vividly to life in this gripping historical novel. HOPE ENDURES is the last novel Nigel Tranter completed before his death in January 2000.
Life for seventeen-year-old Dublin Caldwell has been filled with peace and love, ever since he came to live with his adoptive father, Andy, back in '78. However, terrifying events soon unfold, testing their resolve and faith. Their safety threatened, all they can do is to turn to God. Meanwhile, a friendship with an unlikely character begins and flourishes, only to result in betrayal... Will Andy and Dublin be able to escape from men with evil intents, and ultimately find peace once again? This is a heartwarming sequel to the novel A New Hope: Second Chances and a Forgotten Boy.
Hope is something that everyone must have in their life, for without it all would be lost. As a Christian have you ever felt hopeless and nothing you did seemed to matter? Did you ever find yourself wanting to quit God and go back to the world? Sad to say, too many of us have been tempted with these thoughts and still worse many have returned to the world, because they have lost their hope. Hopelessness is real. People are waking up to the fact that dead religious ceremonies and clichés have not helped them with life's real problems. They are now desperate for God's real answers and God always has a ram in the bush. HOPE is here! This book attempts to address some of those real issues, which we all have faced in our Christian walk, and provide some tools, which we can use to restore our faith. Dr. Steven Dohoney is the Founder and President of Open Heaven Ministry Church and Acts of Kindness, Inc. located in Andalusia, AL, where he's served as Pastor for over twelve years. He is the executive producer of Our Daily Bread radio broadcast and Celebrate Jesus television program, which are aired in south Alabama. He is an ordained minister with Present Day Ministry and served in many positions with his brother-in law, Pastor Bob Hauselman, at Restoration Christian Church in Sellersburg, IN for over twenty years. Dr. Dohoney, co-founder of the Indiana Company of Prophets, served on the original Board of Directors. Dr. Dohoney holds a BA of Theology from Christian International Bible College and a Doctorate Degree in Theology from the Jewish Theological Seminary College in Louisville, KY. He is married to Mary, and they have four grown children. Dr Dohoney is available for conferences and seminars.
An understanding of what we mean by the present is one of the key issues in literature, philosophy, and culture today, but also one of the most neglected and misunderstood. Present Hope develops a fascinating philosophical understanding of the present, approaching this question via discussions of the nature of historical time, the philosophy of history, memory, and the role of tragedy. Andrew Benjamin shows how we misleadingly view the present as simply a product of chronological time, ignoring the role of history and memory. Accordingly, discussion of what is meant by the present disappears from philosophical concern. To draw attention to this absence, Andrew Benjamin introduces the notion of hope and asks what this concept can tell us about the present. At the heart of the outstanding work is an emphasis on the relation between hope and the Jewish tradition. Through discussions of philosophical responses to the Holocaust, the work of Walter Benjamin, Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum, and the poetry of Paul Celan, Present Hope shows how we must look beyond the purely philosophical horizon to understand the present we live in.
In the face of a late-stage cancer diagnosis, Millie, a devoted mother, confronts a harsh reality with little hope for a cure. Her love for her young daughter, Tia, becomes both their strength and vulnerability. As time slips away, Millie gifts Tia a unique cloth doll, Tuti Tender-Heart, with a dual expression—one side smiling, the other somber. Tuti carries a crucial message in her pocket: a plea for early detection and prevention of breast cancer. After Millie’s passing, Tuti comes to life, becoming Tia’s comforting companion. Together, they embark on a mission to raise awareness about breast cancer, crossing borders and impacting lives across continents. Tuti Tender-Heart embodies love and the power of awareness, ensuring Millie’s spirit lives on, inspiring change, and leaving a legacy of hope. Driven by her mother’s memory, Tia establishes a breast cancer foundation, empowering and uplifting women facing breast cancer. The foundation gains recognition locally, nationally, and internationally, spreading a message of compassion and hope. Join Tia and Tuti on their journey from local community outreaches to global initiatives, where love and hope intertwine. Listen to the whispers of resilience echoing through their lives and be inspired by their story of strength and commitment.
Hear the voices of women of colour on the most important subject in any age-the word of God. Hear the voices of women of colour on the most important subject in any age-the word of God. This inspiring collection of devotions is by a diverse group of women of colour-African-American, Hispanic, Caribbean, and Asian women. Contributors include Kristie Anyabwile, Jackie Hill-Perry, Trillia Newbell, Elicia Horton, Christina Edmondson, Blair Linne, Bev Chao Berrus and more. It is a faithful exposition of Psalm 119 and incorporates each contributor’s cultural expression both within the teaching and as they bring the word of God to bear on their lives. You will be thrilled and encouraged by hearing God speak through his word as it is expounded by these faithful women teachers, and you will long for more.
Of Jon Sobrino's first book, 'Christology at the Crossroads', the 'Church Times' wrote: It is radical without being reductionist. It is relentless in its refusal to let us avoid the challenge of Jesus by sliding into theological or cultic abstractions. It will stimulate, illuminate, and infuriate those whose minds are jaded by the current state of British theology. And, like all great theology, it will bring you uncomfortably close to the living Jesus. This second book, also written out of the hell of El Salvador, is if anything even more powerful and uncomfortable. Dedicated To all men and women of El Salvador who have given their lives for the kingdom of God, it took shape while Bishop Romero, his priests, Christian peasant leaders, and catechists lived and died. Doing theology in this situation requires that theology not only follows a specific method but that it also has a specific character. Theology in this situation becomes responsible. Theologians do not arbitrarily decide to study this or that theme; the theme is forced upon them by reality. Theology becomes practical because its motivating concern is not pure thought nor even pure truth but rather the building of the kingdom of God and of a church that will be at the service of this kingdom. Theology becomes evangelical in the true sense of that word: it is done with pleasure in the Good News and with joy that there is salvation for the poor. Finally, theology becomes a response of gratitude because its starting point is the primordial Christian experience that 'something has been given to us'. What has been given to us is the mystery of God present in Jesus and in a church that is poor and is of the poor.
The concept of a "good death" has been hotly debated in medical circles for decades. This volume delves into the possibility and desirability of a "good death" by presenting the psychosocial measures of care as a crucial component, such as religion, existentialism, hope and meaning-making. The volume also focuses on oncologic psychiatry and the influence of technology as a means to alleviate pain and suffering, and potentially provide relief to those at the end of life. Such initiatives are aimed at diminishing pain and are socially bolstering and emotionally comforting to ensure a peaceful closure with life as opposed to a battle waged. Utilizing the most recent information from medical journals and books to present the latest on healthcare and dying today, this volume crosses the boundaries of thanatology, psychology, religion, spirituality, medical ethics and public health.