Finding Faith in the Face of Doubt: The Guide for Contemporary Seekers

Finding Faith in the
Face of Doubt
Joseph S. Willis
Softcover , $16.95

Former college professor and interdenominational minister Joseph S. Willis assures us that in this rapidly changing world of quantum physics and technology, a person can build a faith based on what he or she does not know.

Willis explains that previously, when he believed God was a person, all questions had to be explained by "God did it," but there still loomed the question: Where did God come from? In a real sense, we all have to be agnostic when we deal with the idea of Ultimate Reality. Paradoxically, Willis considers himself a "faithful agnostic," committed to the reality of the mystery of God. Willis says that we all have a choice in what we believe, and that we make good or bad decisions based on our values. His commonsense and simplistic approach is demonstrated throughout this entire book. In conclusion he expresses his wish to add a dimension to people's lives. He wished to extend the possibility of Spirit to the mind centered on science, and to suggest an appreciation for the scientific discipline to dwell in Spirit. I think he has accomplished that and more.

-Constance Conwell

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Soul Survivors: Stories of Women and Children in Cambodia
Carol Wagner
Softcover, $15.95

Carol Wagner works with women's organizations in Cambodia and is the former director of a peace center in the San Francisco Bay area. The devastation she witnessed in Cambodia caused by the Khmer Rouge inspired her to record the stories of people who, despite terrible suffering, showed remarkable courage and resourcefulness. Wagner and photographer Valentina DeBasky were assisted by various humanitarian organizations in finding people to interview for this book. The accounts of their lives testify to the truth that goodness is more powerful than evil and that kindness toward others is an unquenchable human impulse. These stories reveal the presence of forgiveness, faith, and love where such qualities would hardly be expected to flourish: They show us what is possible for the human heart. Soul Survivors is essentially a call for peace, which, Wagner observes, comes not from simply wanting peace but rather from living it, as the Cambodian people are doing through their practice of loving-kindness and nonviolence. Information about humanitarian assistance organizations is included in an appendix.

-Kathy Juline