Michelle Renee Kidwell
Birthing Hope
Giving Fear to the Light
by Rachel Marie Stone
Christian , Religion & Spirituality
Pub Date 01 May 2018
I am reviewing a copy of Birthing Hope through Intervarsity Press and Netgalley:
In Birthing Hope the author points out that bringing something to light requires us to dive fully into water.
We are reminded that love is always a risk, from the time a woman agreed to nurture a child with her own body and then allows it to be torn open for the sake of the new life that grew inside of her, the author points out that, that is the miracle that saves the world. The author reminds us that is where fragile hope is found.
Author Rachel Marie Stone unexpectedly caught a baby with her bare hands, drenching it with HIV blood while working as a doula, as well as a teacher in the world’s most impoverished countries.
The author reminds us that all who are born or give birth will someday die, but amongst our fears and doubts birth is a deeply hopeful act of faith, new life is brought into a hurting world that recalls for redemption.
I give Birthing Hope five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
Sounds very interesting. I am a bit confused about the author catching a baby, and drenching it with HIV blood. Whose blood was it, the mother’s? the author’s? or someone else’s? And was the baby infected? Sounds like a gripping read in any case.
This book sounds very interesting. Love the cover as well.
Great review.