You Will Be My WitnessesThe holy witnesses whose stories and images are presented here take a stand in the court of life to speak the truth of God. From famous and lesser known saints to prophets and peacemakers from our own time, these images open a doorway to the sacred. Their stories call us to witness God's compassionate love. John Dear is a priest, activist, lecturer, and author of thirty books including Thomas Merton Peacemaker; You Will Be My Witnesses (with art by

this book reveals the consolations offered by cultivating faith in suffering humanity--and in the healing power of the pragmatic solidarity necessary to lessen it

and most of all

His other books include The Social Vision of the Hebrew Bible and The Evolving God: Charles Darwin on the Naturalness of Religion

Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior

a native of Belgium

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Marking the centenary of Dorothy Day's birth in 1897

is the author of many works

expressing itself in radical compassion

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As McKenna works her way through the Gospel