The subject of this book drew its inspiration from the image of an arch immortalized by D.H. Lawrence in his novel The Rainbow. As the child in the story was freed to live her life framed by the pillars of love and strength represented by her parents, so Jesus asks us to view our daily lives as framed between the pillars of forgiveness, allowing its quiet strength and gentle protection to nourish our experience and sustain our learning. We thus grow in our recognition of the contrast between life under the arch of his love ...
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The subject of this book drew its inspiration from the image of an arch immortalized by D.H. Lawrence in his novel The Rainbow. As the child in the story was freed to live her life framed by the pillars of love and strength represented by her parents, so Jesus asks us to view our daily lives as framed between the pillars of forgiveness, allowing its quiet strength and gentle protection to nourish our experience and sustain our learning. We thus grow in our recognition of the contrast between life under the arch of his love and life outside it. Walt Whitman's line, "Whoever degrades another degrades me," also lends its inspiration to the life of universal love and compassion under the arch. The discussion includes guiding students in resolving their specific dilemmas an conflicts from the perspective of Jesus' arch of forgiveness. The book is based on a workshop of the same title.
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