Manna in the Wilderness of AIDS: Ten Lessons in Abundance
This is a poignant story of how a tenacious group of seven individuals from a Philadelphia church transformed a modest initiative to serve food to those with HIV/AIDS into a vibrant, interfaith nonprofit organization called Manna (Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) — and in the process, revitalized their community, themselves, and their church.The book describes ten life-giving lessons they experienced during Manna's early years. These universal lessons include: — The greatest insights came from the most vulnerable in our midst — The leaps of faith we took filled our spirits with vitality — To thrive in the midst of massive turbulence required deep roots and radical shifts carefully timed — Manna both sharpened and healed the tensions between race and social class — The miraculous was contained within the mundaneThe book depicts how Manna overcame tremendous obstacles — namely, fear and ignorance of AIDS and a lack of funding to accomplish benevolent goodness.
- Author
- Kenwyn K. Smith
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 214
- Publisher
- Pilgrim Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780829814583
- Release date
- 2002
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