http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/posts/tags/nightmares/page/1/ Meditations on Jesus and our World en Vox Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:40:13 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss nightmares http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/storylines-of-suffering.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/storylines-of-suffering.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/storylines-of-suffering.html?_c=feed-rss-full Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:40:13 -0800 <p>From a recent issue of <a href="http://www.fh.org/">Food for the Hungry</a>&#39;s <a href="http://www.fh.org/uploads/sh/ev/shevqHqJq2oby8nrKEjBLA/magazine_spring07.pdf">quarterly magazine</a>: <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c964ab0002" at:format="medium" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c964ab0002.html"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c964ab0002-200pi" alt="Food for the Hungry" title="Food for the Hungry" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c964ab0002.html" title="Food for the Hungry">Food for the Hungry</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </p><blockquote><p>Everyone has a story. Our stories tell of our triumphs and struggles, our mountain-top experiences and seasons in the valleys that have shaped who we are.... </p><p>But far from the fairy-tale like stories of the rich and famous, the stories you hear in the seedy villages of Africa don&#39;t start with &quot;Once Upon a Time...&quot;</p><p>On the contrary, they open with nightmarish scenes: &quot;I was repeatedly raped during the genocide&quot;; &quot;I got AIDS from my unfaithful husband. Now my kids are infected and we are left to die&quot;; &quot;I am a widow and am terrified to think of what will happen to my children when I am gone.&quot;</p><p>These are some of the story lines we heard during our five-week tour of East Africa. We went to listen, to be present. We found that there is nothing more human than entering someone&#39;s story with them.<br /></p></blockquote> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/storylines-of-suffering.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398c972990004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> story africa nightmares incarnation fairy tale listening