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Window of hope... and reconciliation
Title:
Window of hope... and reconciliation
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
This book shines a light on our Canadian roots in recognizing how we have failed in the area of relationships. Gingras published "Window of Hope and Reconciliation", which provides a detailed historical account of the story of Quebec, explaining the reasons behind its struggles with the rest of Canada. He includes an extended conversation between himself, his wife, a fictional counselor, and a Francophone man who is Quebec personified-his history, struggles, desires, hurts, and hopes. Through the telling of Quebec's story, he (Quebec) is finally able to understand that a history of deep hurt and broken relationships-not just with the English, but with his Mother country, France, the Catholic church, the Natives, and others-has led him to feel like an outsider in his own home. "The Quebecois need to see God transforming people's lives and relationships, " he says, just like he saw it in his own. "What changed my life as husband, father and Canadian citizen? It is not money, politics, economy, or a new deal [between] Quebec [and] Ottawa. No, it is the gracious and transformational power of the gospel of reconciliation. This is what really matters."
Other Title:
Window of Hope and Reconciliation
Year Published:
2008
Physical Description:
253 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781554522835
Publisher:
Belleville, Ont. : Essence Pub., c2008.