| Vultures and Butterflies Contributor(s): Classen, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1597523925 ISBN-13: 9781597523929 Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers OUR PRICE: $24.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Classen shares her search for meaning amid the life-and-death contradictions symbolized by the vultures and the butterflies. Vultures shadow a decade which begins with her mother's death, sees her enter El Salvador's agony, and ends with her father's death. Yet butterflies also dance as Classen finds within the darkness a God who turns death into life and weakness into strength. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Evangelism - Religion | Christianity - History - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.06" W x 8.04" (0.44 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Evangelical |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Susan Classen and her companions struggle toward safety through bullets and bombs, then-- ""Just before Guarjila we passed a dozen vultures. I noticed them from far off and was afraid we would find another cadaver in the road. . . . As we drew near, the vultures reluctantly flew to a nearby fence; I realized hundreds of yellow and white butterflies danced in that same area. We passed through their graceful flight."" Classen shares her search for meaning amid the life-and-death contradictions symbolized by the vultures and the butterflies. Vultures shadow a decade that begins with her mother's death, sees her enter El Salvador's agony, and ends with her father's death. Yet butterflies also dance as Classen finds within the darkness a God who turns death into life and weakness into strength. |