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A Stranger's Gift: True Stories of Faith in Unexpected Places
A Stranger's Gift True Stories of Faith in Unexpected Places Author:Tom Hallman From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tom Hallman comes thirteen beautifully crafted stories that gently guide readers into the hallways of faith?openly asking questions, exploring scenarios, and finally coming to the beginnings of a breathing faith.Tom Hallman?s unexpected journey toward faith began with a routine assignment to write a feature pie... more »ce for The Oregonian newspaper. He begrudgingly found himself in an African American church on a Sunday morning?out of place, uncomfortable, and ready to leave from the moment he got there. But he accidentally found something he wasn?t looking for: he saw faith and prayer in action. And that seeing stirred a curious hunger in him that he?d never known before. Compelled by this initial experience, Hallman began to seek out men and women across the country who believed. And these people?whom he calls his ?faith teachers??became characters in thirteen stories of exploration. In this book, readers will meet ordinary people and be drawn into conversations that ask probing, almost intrusive questions?from the ache of a mother who watched her baby die after only twenty days of struggling for life to the peaceful strength of a man working with those whose present situations mirror his past. As the book and stories progress, two narratives unfold: Hallman?s story and exploration of faith, and the stories of the people he met.« less