Vultures and Butterflies

Susan Classen and her companions struggle toward safety through bullets and bombs, then-- ""Just before Guarjila we passed a dozen vultures. I noticed them from far off and was afraid we would find another cadaver in the road. . . . As we drew near, the vultures reluctantly flew to a nearby fence; I realized hundreds of yellow and white butterflies danced in that same area. We passed through their graceful flight."" Classen shares her search for meaning amid the life-and-death contradictions symbolized by the vultures and the butterflies. Vultures shadow a decade that begins with her mother's death, sees her enter El Salvador's agony, and ends with her father's death. Yet butterflies also dance as Classen finds within the darkness a God who turns death into life and weakness into strength.

Author: Susan Classen
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 09/23/2005
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.06w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9781597523929
ISBN10: 1597523925
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- Religion | Christian Ministry | Evangelism
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Biography & Autobiography | General