Diana Oestreich (Libri)

Diana Oestreich Libri

Diana Oestreich, veterana e attivista, ha sentito la chiamata di Dio ad amare i suoi nemici sui campi di battaglia dell'Iraq. È un'attivista, un'infermiera specializzata in aggressioni sessuali e responsabile delle relazioni chiave presso Preemptive Love. Oestreich ci consente di identificare le nostre divisioni rurali, urbane, politiche o religiose per attraversare le nostre 'linee nemiche', rifacendo il mondo e guarendo ciò che ci lacera. Il suo lavoro esplora la giustizia, la fede, la costruzione della pace e i rifugiati, dimostrando come una postura d'amore modella la genitorialità e l'impegno nella comunità.

Waging Peace

240pagine
9 ore di lettura

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Diana Oestreich, a combat medic in the Army National Guard, enlisted like both her parents before her. But when she was commanded to run over an Iraqi child to keep her convoy rolling and keep her battle buddies safe, she was confronted with a choice she never thought she'd have to make. Torn between God's call to love her enemy and her country's command to be willing to kill, Diana chose to wage peace in a place of war. For the remainder of her tour of duty, Diana sought to be a peacemaker--leading to an unlikely and beautiful friendship with an Iraqi family. A beautiful and gut-wrenching memoir, Waging Peace exposes the false divide between loving our country and living out our faith's call to love our enemies--whether we perceive our enemy as the neighbor with an opposing political viewpoint, the clerk wearing a head-covering, or the refugee from a war-torn country. By showing that us-versus-them is a false choice, this book will inspire each of us to choose love over fear.