The God Who Sees, Karen Gonzalez
The God Who Sees, Karen Gonzalez
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The God Who Sees
Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong

Author: Karen Gonzalez, Sandra van Opstal

Narrator: Joana Garcia

Unabridged: 5 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/10/2020


Synopsis

Meet people who have fled their homelands.

Hagar. Joseph. Ruth. Jesus.

Here is a riveting story of seeking safety in another land. Here is a gripping journey of loss, alienation, and belonging. In The God Who Sees, immigration advocate Karen González recounts her family's migration from the instability of Guatemala to making a new life in Los Angeles and the suburbs of south Florida. In the midst of language barriers, cultural misunderstandings, and the tremendous pressure to assimilate, González encounters Christ through a campus ministry program and begins to follow him.

Here, too, is the sweeping epic of immigrants and refugees in Scripture. Abraham, Hagar, Joseph, Ruth: these intrepid heroes of the faith cross borders and seek refuge. As witnesses to God's liberating power, they name the God they see at work, and they become grafted onto God's family tree.

Find resources for welcoming immigrants in your community and speaking out about an outdated immigration system. Find the power of Jesus, a refugee Savior who calls us to become citizens in a country not of this world.

About Karen Gonzalez

Karen Gonzalez is a writer, speaker, and immigrant advocate who emigrated from Guatemala as a child. She attended Fuller Theological Seminary, where she studied theology and missiology, and she has worked in the nonprofit sector for thirteen years. In addition to her first book, The God Who Sees: Immigrants, The Bible, and the Journey to Belong, she has written for Christianity Today, the Christian Century, Sojourners, and the Baltimore Sun. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Moriah on May 23, 2019

Karen Gonzalez has written a must-read book on immigration for Christians. This quote from the book sums up the crossroads that Christians should be at in our current climate- "Followers of Jesus must weigh the violence against God’s image-bearers, violence created by closed borders, with their own......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on August 29, 2023

A breezy, easy-to-read book about a weighty subject. Karen opens up familiar Bible stories about immigrants--Abraham, Hagar, Joseph, the Syro-Phoenician woman, and the holy family--showing how they navigated life in the ancient Near East as marginalized individuals. She intersperses these brief vign......more

Goodreads review by Mckenna on October 19, 2020

Quick read. Several gold nuggets. But, there are several things that I find concerning. There were several points that I found so well-said, thought-provoking, and wise. We need more Christians who are speaking into our relationships with immigrants. The fact that she is an immigrant and works with......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on August 06, 2019

Half the chapters are a very good Bible study, the other have great, humanized current events discussion, with a compelling autobiography weaving it all together. I highly recommend this book. Bought it at a local bookstore yesterday, started to skim the prelude and could not put it down. Have recom......more

Goodreads review by Cara on June 29, 2019

Yes! An immigration book written by an immigrant! But even more so, Karen Gonzalez brings a much-needed perspective, weaving personal story with theology and journalistic narrative.......more