A reminder that reading is one response to the events around us, because reading encourages empathy:
"If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see them in."
Frederick Buechner in Whistling in the Dark
"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one novel that has helped me discover what life may be like for other people. It's the story of a Nigerian student who comes to the US, and her Nigerian boyfriend who makes his way to London. Thoughtful insight into the experience of race, immigration, and culture.
What books do you recommend?
"If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see them in."
Frederick Buechner in Whistling in the Dark
"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one novel that has helped me discover what life may be like for other people. It's the story of a Nigerian student who comes to the US, and her Nigerian boyfriend who makes his way to London. Thoughtful insight into the experience of race, immigration, and culture.
What books do you recommend?
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