As We Forgive: Stories Of Reconciliation From Rwanda (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
I'm biased as I have know the author but that doesn't mean I don't know great writing and the scent of Jesus all over this book and story! We need to remember and hear the stories of those who walk together in finding and giving forgiveness. These are the stories that make the gospel shine. Only Jesus can make sense of the slaughter and pain while orchestrating the opportunity for an entire people to find healing and grace. Don't forget this place, these people or this story and pray that you find the message of forgiveness and the gospel the source of your own healing! Thanks Catherine I'd wanted to read this book ever since I saw a review of it in World magazine last year. A few years back, I was reading Lee Camp's 'Mere Discipleship' for a Bible study. In one chapter, Lee points out that Rwanda was one of the most "Christian" nations in Africa and could have been used as an example of the success of Christian missions...before the genocide. He asks the question, how could people in the one of the most Christian societies in Africa turn on and kill hundreds and thousands of their neighbors...and even priests and pastors betray to death people who sought refuge in churches? Painful questions, and not easily answered. So it grabbed my attention when I saw the description of a book about the people of Rwanda learning to forgive and live together after the genocide.'As We Forgive' is a painful read. It look unflinchingly in the face of death, violence, rape, and shame, but without sensationalizing them. Forgiveness here is not cheap or easy. It doesn't mean pretending the harm never happened or that it didn't have horrible consequences. It doesn't mean that the crime was excusable. 'As We Forgive' is also a beautiful read, because in its stories the gospel of Christ shines as the answer to evil...and also the only thing that can make forgiveness possible.
What do You think about As We Forgive: Stories Of Reconciliation From Rwanda (2009)?
Amazing story of terror in Rwanda. Greatest book on forgiveness I've ever read.
—silentsirens02
Wow. Forgiveness is at the heart of being a Christ-one…
—Risa
Incredible stories of the redemptive power of God!
—devega
