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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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 214
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780829814583
  • Release date
  • 2002