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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.

Un audiolibro sobre los paisajes que marcan nuestra vida para siempre. Leon siempre ha cuidado de la gente que tenía a su alrededor y de los árboles de su parque. Ahora, lejos de su isla de Bruny natal, al sur de Tasmania, el joven deberá encontrar su lugar en el mundo, hacer amigos y descubrir su objetivo en la vida. Su nueva vida entre hombres duros que se dedican a la tala de árboles no será fácil. Leon crea nuevos lazos de amistad con Max, un niño acosado por sus compañeros de colegio, y Miki, una chica que anhela ser libre y escapar del yugo de su hermano, que la condena a vivir recluida y sin poder moverse con libertad.

Re-imagining academic life for overwhelmed professors.

Many American Christians have good intentions, working hard to welcome immigrants with hospitality and solidarity. But how can we do that in a way that empowers our immigrant neighbors rather than pushing them to the fringes of white-dominant culture and keeping them as outsiders? That's exactly the question Karen González explores in Beyond Welcome.