Hope in Disarray: Piecing Our Lives Together in Faith

by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Overview

Essays that challenge us to live with hope for the sake of justice and joy. "In difficult times, we can only run on hope." With practicality and vulnerability, author and public theologian Grace Ji-Sun Kim reflects on the practice of sustaining hope during turbulence and injustice. Each reflection invites a conversation on culture and faith, as Dr. Kim appeals to readers to engage life's troubles with the conviction of God's goodness. Hope in Disarray takes the world's pain seriously in order to ignite our intentional, revolutionary living.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780829821147
Publisher:	Pilgrim Press, The/United Church Press
Publication date:	11/18/2020
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Grace Ji-Sun Kim is an ordained minister of word and sacrament within the PC (USA) denomination. She received her MDiv from Knox College and her PhD from the University of Toronto and is Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion. She has authored or edited nineteen books, most recently, Reimagining Spirit and Keeping Hope Alive.

Table of Contents

Foreword Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction xix

Living in the Church

Waiting in Hope-Advent 5

The Hope of Christmas 9

Church Life 13

Your Kingdom Come 17

Seeing Is Believing 20

Living in God's Grace-Lent 23

Jesus and the Cross-Good Friday 27

Reimagining-Easter 32

Spirit Filled-Pentecost 36

Living in Culture

The Racialization of Beauty 43

The Asian American "Butterfly" 48

Removing the Shame of Sexual Assault 52

Memory Has No Statute of Limitations 57

Loving Our Neighbors 61

Climate Change and the Economy 65

Deep Wounds 69

Care for the Whole Creation 72

Listening to Indigenous Voices 77

Living in Relationship

Building Healthy Relationships 87

Vulnerability and Parenthood 90

Walking Hand in Hand 95

What Taylor Swift's Breakups Teach Us 100

Uncovering Bill Cosby's Feet of Clay 104

Count Your Losses 108

Longing for Peace 112

Seeing Myself in the Eyes of a North Korean 116

Beckoning for Peace in Unrest 120

Final Thoughts 125

Afterword Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty 129

About the Author 131