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Original Essays | September 23, 2009

Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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For me, there's a weird, unfathomable gulf — I almost wrote gulp — between the completion of a novel and its publication. Some days this duration feels interminable, as though the book has... Continue »
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Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor

by Gary Smith

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Through a series of compelling vignettes, Gary Smith, S.J., chronicles his life and work among the poor. "Radical Compassion's" touching, and often heartbreaking, stories reveal the gritty reality of life on the streets, introduces people who have touched Smith's life, and shares hard-won wisdom on love, acceptance, and forgiveness.
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JeanAlice, June 27, 2009 (view all comments by JeanAlice)
Fascinating stories, vignettes of men and women the author has met and related with, some for years. My home is in Portland,the book's setting, but I live in a different world.
Father Smith reveals his own feelings and thoughts. he may be one of those saints among us who lives for others. He laughs and cries with the homeless and the barely-housed; mourns their losses and failures and rejoices with their successes, no matter how small.
I felt richer in more ways than one for having read this book.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780829420005
Subtitle:
Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
Author:
Smith, Gary S. J.
Publisher:
Loyola Press
Location:
Chicago
Subject:
Catholic church
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Christian Life - Social Issues
Subject:
Church work with the poor
Subject:
Christianity - Christian Life
Subject:
Christianity - Christian Life - Social Issues
Subject:
Christianity - Christian Life - General
Subject:
Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Subject:
Church work with the poor -- Catholic Church.
Series Volume:
70-0079
Publication Date:
October 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
191
Dimensions:
9.10x6.04x.49 in. .73 lbs.
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