It should make sense…īut Sarah’s heart says no. Sarah’s family, concerned for her and the future of her twins, encourages her to marry again. From Luke, she learns her husband hid a secret life, one with ramifications that will change her own. Sarah is taken completely by surprise when a stranger arrives claiming connections to Peter’s past Peter had told her he was an orphan with no family.
Overwhelmed and grieving, she lives with her parents in the Amish community of Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania. When Sarah Troyer tragically loses her husband Peter, she is left to raise infant twins alone. In A Promise of Hope, the second installment in the Kauffman Amish Bakery series, bestselling author Amy Clipston compellingly unfolds the tensions, loves, and faith of the inhabitants of an Amish community and the family bakery that serves as an anchor point for the series.
It’s written for those who seek to follow Jesus, rediscover the spirit of the early church, and incarnate the kingdom of God. A fresh look at Christianity and empire, Jesus for President transcends questions of ”Should I vote or not? and ”Which candidate? by thinking creatively about the fundamental issues of faith and allegiance. Drawing upon the work of biblical theologians, the lessons of church history, and the examples of modern day saints and ordinary radicals, Jesus for President stirs the imagination of what the Church could look like if it placed its faith in Jesus instead of Caesar.
It is a collaboration of Shane Claiborne’s writing and stories, Chris Haw’s reflections and research, and Chico Fajardo Heflin’s art and design. In what can be termed lyrical theology, Jesus for President poetically weaves together words and images to sing rather than dictate its message.
Jesus for President is a radical manifesto to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people ”set apart from this world.
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