"No matter who wins the next election, Caesar will remain Caesar, doing some good and some bad. But Christians report to a different king. This issue starts with a provocation. In contrast to an election campaign, this politics may feel grittier and less glamorous. This issue of Plough Quarterly explores what this alternate vision of faithful Christian witness in the political sphere might look like. You'll find articles on: -What two l ..."
"In an age of distraction, this issue of Plough Quarterly looks at inwardness - how sustainable human community and social activism must be rooted in the spiritual life. How much of your day is spent in reality, and how much in a fake world? We've learned that screen time is bad for you, too much media consumption damages your heart, and Facebook can make you mentally ill. We're aware of the mind-altering power of advertising, the dehuma ..."
"Your job is not your vocation.Everyone hungers for work that has meaning and purpose. But what gives work meaning? Vocation, or “calling,” is the answer Protestant Christianity offers: each person is called by God to serve the common good in a particular line of work. Your vocation, evidently, might be almost anything: as a nurse, a wilderness guide, a calligrapher, a missionary, an activist, a venture capitalist, a politician, an execu ..."
"- Sarah C. Williams says testing for fetal abnormalities is not a neutral practice. Also in the issue: - Ross Douthat is brought low by intractable Lyme disease. - Edwidge Danticat flees an active shooter in a packed mall."
A Country Between Making a Home Where Both Sides of Jerusalem Collide by StephanieSaldaña Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2017 by Sourcebooks ISBN-13: 978-1-4926-3905-3, ISBN: 1-4926-3905-2
""Behind every dark moment, there is another hidden world. The trick is to hold out long enough to make it there."When American writer Stephanie Saldana finds herself in an empty house at the beginning of Nablus Road, the dividing line between East and West Jerusalem, she is a new wife trying to navigate a fragile terrain, both within her marriage and throughout the country in which she has chosen to live.Pregnant with her first child, S ..."
A Country Between Making a Home Where Both Sides of Jerusalem Collide by StephanieSaldaña 368 Pages, Published 2017 by Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-4926-0975-9, ISBN: 1-4926-0975-7
"I would not have told Abu Hossam that I would be back at that time. He just ... “
Stephanie,” I answered, shaking his hand with a bit of confusion, since no one in
this part of the world said hello like that, especially to a woman. Behind him, I
could ..."
A Country Between An American Woman, a French Monk, and a Home at the Edge of Two Worlds by StephanieSaldaña Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2015 by Sourcebooks ISBN-13: 978-1-4926-0974-2, ISBN: 1-4926-0974-9
"An beautiful and inspiring memoir that shows how love can enter the cracks of our lives and leave us feeling whole.In this gripping and gorgeously lyrical memoir of marriage and motherhood, Stephanie, an American girl from Texas, and Frederic, a former French monk, set out to find a home and discover themselvesand one anotherin the most unlikely of places: Nablus Road, where the fractious sides of Palestinian and Israeli Jerusalem crash ..."
"A riveting memoir about one woman's journey into Syria under the Baathist regime and an unexpected love story between two strangers searching for meaning. When Stephanie Saldaña arrives in Damascus, she is running away from a broken heart and a haunted family history that she has crossed the world to escape. Yet as she moves into a tumbling Ottoman house in the heart of the Old City, she is unprepared for the complex world that awaits h ..."
"Stephanie Saldaña. Stephanie Saldafia Daa Brot 3er Engel Ein JaÄJr in
Damadkud Aus dem Amerikanischen von Stefanie Fahrner und Maja Ueberle—
Pfaff IRISIANA Die amerikanische Originalausgabe erschien 2010 unter dem
Titel: The ..."