In «Minor Heroics,» set in Israel, the brother of a wounded soldier remembers how disgruntled his brother felt by the American presence in his country: «There was nothing worse than guarding land he just wanted to give back, Asaaf was always saying, nothing worse than having one of those Americans stop by his station to tell him, in English, that he was doing holy work.» (bookbrowse.com)
Sometimes the most holy work we can do is listen to each other's stories and take their suffering into our hearts, carrying each other's burdens and wounds to Christ. (sarahbessey.com)