Marked for Life Series_ Theology in Dialogue ” to have “the courage

” to have “the courage to be happy

" --Miriam Therese Winter

This absorbing pictorial biography of Thomas Merton--revised on the fortieth anniversary of his death--tells the story of the extraordinary Trappist monk whose writings

The American View of Human Beings

Marked for Life Series_ Theology in Dialogue ” to have “the courageEven in my bleakest of days, I knew God has a particular fondness for showing up among lives in the ruins, for using us flawed and failed human beings for redemptive purposes. So I became a witness. I bore witness to the tragedy of lives stuck in the misery of a punitive system. I also bore witness to the spirit of hope that emerged from impossible circumstances. Nancy Hastings Sehested This beautifully told narrative of a church pastor who became a