God Has a Dream A Vision of Hope for Our Time Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he exhibited while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights In God Has a

Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he exhibited while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights In God Has a Dream, his most soul searching book, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those troubled times Drawing on personal and historical examples, Archbishop TuNobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he exhibited while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights In God Has a Dream, his most soul searching book, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those troubled times Drawing on personal and historical examples, Archbishop Tutu reaches out to readers of all religious backgrounds, showing how individual and global suffering can be transformed into joy and redemption With his characteristic humor, Tutu offers an extremely personal and liberating message He helps us to see with the eyes of the heart and to cultivate the qualities of love, forgiveness, humility, generosity, and courage that we need to change ourselves and our world Echoing the words of Martin Luther King, Jr he writes, God says to you, I have a dream Please help me to realize it It is a dream of a world whose ugliness and squalor and poverty, its war and hostility, its greed and harsh competitiveness, its alienation and disharmony are changed into their glorious counterparts When there will be laughter, joy, and peace, where there will be justice and goodness and compassion and love and caring and sharing I have a dream that my children will know that they are members of one family, the human family, God s family, my family Addressing the timeless and universal concerns all people share, God Has a Dream envisions a world transformed through hope and compassion, humility and kindness, understanding and forgiveness.
-
God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time By Desmond Tutu
303 Desmond Tutu
-
Title: God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time By Desmond Tutu
Posted by:
Published :2019-09-05T06:27:24+00:00
About " Desmond Tutu "
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid In 1984, Tutu became the second South African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Tutu was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa Tutu chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and is currently the chairman of The Elders Tutu is vocal in his defence of human rights and uses his high profile to campaign for the oppressed Tutu also campaigns to fight AIDS, homophobia, poverty and racism He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 Tutu has also compiled several books of his speeches and sayings.