Dear Sisters: A Womanist Practice of Hospitality
- ISBN-10
- 0829820604
- ISBN-13
- 9780829820607
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-10-01
- Publisher
- The Pilgrim Press
- Author
- N. Lynne Westfield
Description
This is a poignant story of how a tenacious group of seven individuals from a Philadelphia church transformed a modest initiative to serve food to those with HIV/AIDS into a vibrant, interfaith nonprofit organization called Manna (Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) -- and in the process, revitalized their community, themselves, and their church.The book describes ten life-giving lessons they experienced during Manna's early years. These universal lessons include: -- The greatest insights came from the most vulnerable in our midst-- The leaps of faith we took filled our spirits with vitality-- To thrive in the midst of massive turbulence required deep roots and radical shifts carefully timed-- Manna both sharpened and healed the tensions between race and social class-- The miraculous was contained within the mundaneThe book depicts how Manna overcame tremendous obstacles -- namely, fear and ignorance of AIDS and a lack of funding to accomplish benevolent goodness.
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- 2001-05-17
- 336 pages
- Paperback
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- 2000-10-04
- 322 pages
- Paperback
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