As We Forgive, Catherine Claire Larson
As We Forgive, Catherine Claire Larson
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As We Forgive
Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda

Author: Catherine Claire Larson

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 11/17/2009

Synopsis

Inspired by the award-winning film of the same name.If you were told that a murderer was to be released into your neighborhood, how would you feel? But what if it weren't only one, but thousands? Could there be a common roadmap to reconciliation? Could there be a shared future after unthinkable evil?If forgiveness is possible after the slaughter of nearly a million in a hundred days in Rwanda, then today, more than ever, we owe it to humanity to explore how one country is addressing perceptual, social-psychological, and spiritual dimensions to achieve a more lasting peace. If forgiveness is possible after genocide, then perhaps there is hope for the comparably smaller rifts that plague our relationships, our communities, and our nation.Based on personal interviews and thorough research, As We Forgive returns to the boundary lines of genocide's wounds and traces the route of reconciliation in the lives of Rwandans--victims, widows, orphans, and perpetrators--whose past and future intersect. We find in these stories how suffering, memory, and identity set up roadblocks to forgiveness, while mediation, truth-telling, restitution, and interdependence create bridges to healing.As We Forgive explores the pain, the mystery, and the hope through seven compelling stories of those who have made this journey toward reconciliation. The result is a narrative that breathes with humanity and is as haunting as it is hopeful.

About Catherine Claire Larson

After graduating with a Master's degree in Biblical Studies, Catherine Claire Larson spent seven years writing with Chuck Colson for BreakPoint radio, Christianity Today, and Newsweek online. Today, she writes amidst the clatter and curiosity of six young children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Buddy on December 15, 2012

I'm biased as I have know the author but that doesn't mean I don't know great writing and the scent of Jesus all over this book and story! We need to remember and hear the stories of those who walk together in finding and giving forgiveness. These are the stories that make the gospel shine. Only Jes......more

Goodreads review by Mary on April 10, 2012

As We Forgive by Catherine Claire Larson is one of those life-changing books that will linger with you the rest of your life. It's not for the fainthearted. It's not for the hard-hearted or those bent toward stubborn unforgiveness. It's primarily a story of hope. During 100 days of 1994 800,000 peopl......more

Goodreads review by Amy on September 24, 2012

This book helped validate why I have had such an interest, for more than four years now, in Rwanda and the 1994 genocide: “With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing, because listening to your brothers or sisters until they have said the last words in their hearts is healing and consoling.......more

Goodreads review by Amy on November 08, 2018

Overly evangelical and lacking in any information beyond some pretty gruesome anecdotes. The subject matter is fascinating, and I feel like so much more could have been done with it. I would have like to see more perspective about the consequences of forgiveness on a societal level, and how can a so......more

Goodreads review by Anaiah on February 19, 2025

This book was so heart wrenching and so beautiful. It was extremely sad, it was full of hope. My mind is blown away with the strength and resilience of each of the victims, and the power and the active suffering of forgiveness. And also the healing it can bring. It opened my eyes to the true horror......more

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