{"product_id":"sacred-shelter-thirteen-journeys-of-homelessness-and-healing-paperback-softback-9780823281190","title":"Sacred Shelter; Thirteen Journeys of Homelessness and Healing (Paperback \/ softback) 9780823281190","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSacred Shelter\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThirteen Journeys of Homelessness and Healing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusan Greenfield (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823281190\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 26\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.566 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Gift Book for the Discerning New Yorker by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a metropolis like New York, homelessness can blend into the urban landscape. For editor Susan Greenfield, however, New York is the place where a community of resilient, remarkable individuals are yearning for a voice.\u003ci\u003e Sacred Shelter\u003c\/i\u003e follows the lives of thirteen formerly homeless people, all of whom have graduated from the life skills empowerment program, an interfaith life skills program for homeless and formerly homeless individuals in New York. Through frank, honest interviews, these individuals share traumas from their youth, their experience with homelessness, and the healing they have discovered through community and faith.\u003cbr\u003e Edna Humphrey talks about losing her grandparents, father, and sister to illness, accident, and abuse. Lisa Sperber discusses her bipolar disorder and her whiteness. Dennis Barton speaks about his unconventional path to becoming a first-generation college student and his journey to reconnect with his family. The memoirists share stories about youth, family, jobs, and love. They describe their experiences with racism, mental illness, sexual assault, and domestic violence. Each of the thirteen storytellers honestly expresses his or her brokenheartedness and how finding community and faith gave them hope to carry on.\u003cbr\u003e Interspersed among these life stories are reflections from program directors, clerics, mentors, and volunteers who have worked with and in the life skills empowerment program. In his reflection, George Horton shares his deep gratitude for and solidarity with the 500-plus individuals he has come to know since he co-founded the program in 1989. While religion can be divisive, Horton firmly believes that all faiths urge us to \"welcome the stranger\" and, as Pope Francis asks, \"accompany\" them through the struggles of life. Through solidarity and suffering, many formerly homeless individuals have found renewed faith in God and community. Beyond trauma and strife, Dorothy Day's suggestion that \"All is grace\" is personified in these thirteen stories. Jeremy Kalmanofsky, rabbi at Ansche Chesed Synagogue, says the program points toward a social fabric of encounter and recognition between strangers, who overcome vast differences to face one another, which in Hebrew is called Panim el Panim.\u003cbr\u003e While \u003ci\u003eSacred Shelter\u003c\/i\u003e does not tackle the socioeconomic conditions and inequities that cause homelessness, it provides a voice for a demographic group that continues to suffer from systemic injustice and marginalization. In powerful, narrative form, it expresses the resilience of individuals who have experienced homelessness and the hope and community they have found. By listening to their stories, we are urged to confront our own woundedness and uncover our desire for human connection, a sacred shelter on the other side of suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEditor's Note\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBackground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGlossary and Names of Replicate Programs Represented in \u003ci\u003eSacred Shelter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e xiii\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Susan Celia Greenfield\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Nelson Prime 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: James Arthur Addison (grad. 1993) 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky \u003c\/i\u003e61\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Black (Pseudonym) (grad. late 1990s) 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Stephanie Reid\u003c\/i\u003e 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Dennis Barton (grad. 2002) 79\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Dawn Ravella, DMin\u003c\/i\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Michelle Riddle (grad. 2003) 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Hope\u003c\/i\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Edna Humphrey (grad. 2005) 130\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Ira Ben Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Deborah Canty (grad. 2005) 142\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Jane Griffin\u003c\/i\u003e 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Lisa Sperber (grad. 2007) 165\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Reverend Alistair Drummond\u003c\/i\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Rodney Allen (grad. 2009) 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Akira (grad. 2009) 200\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Doug Mastin\u003c\/i\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Sophia Worrell (grad. 2010) 224\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Terry Michaud \u003c\/i\u003e241\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Cindy (Pseudonym) (grad. 2011) 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflection\u003c\/b\u003e: Reverend Michelle Nickens \u003c\/i\u003e264\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLife Story\u003c\/b\u003e: Heidi Nissen (grad. 2013) 268\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaking a Difference\u003c\/b\u003e: Marc Greenberg\u003c\/i\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrossing Boundaries and Listening for Conversion\u003c\/b\u003e: George B. 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