Liberation Is Here: Women Uncovering Hope in a Broken WorldAs a freelance filmmaker, Nikole Lim's career allowed her to step in and out of the lives of marginalized people around the world. But when confronted with the prevalence of sexual violence in Kenyan and Zambian communities, she commits to advocating alongside the courageous survivors whose lives have intersected with hers. These women's powerful stories inspire her to embark on a new vocation, partnering with survivors of sexual violence to launch a nonprofit organization that equips women to lead through the rewritten stories of their lives. But as Lim seeks to help her friends experience healing and liberation, her perspective is altered. Spiritually depleted, she finds herself ministered to by the women she came to serve—the once oppressed become her liberators. Illustrated with dramatic full-color photography from Lim's own camera, Liberation Is Here transports us to forgotten corners of the world. From the slums of Nairobi, hospitals of Lusaka, killing fields of Kigali, and the back alleys of Barcelona, Lim weaves together a narrative of God’s grace and healing amid fear and trauma. Her journey proves that liberation is not just near, but it is here—in the eyes of the broken, the hearts of the oppressed, and the untold stories of our global community. |
Contents
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3 Caught Unaware | 24 |
4 Where Are You? | 33 |
5 Not a Voice for the Voiceless | 49 |
6 Education Is Not the Key | 58 |
7 Playing the Role | 68 |
13 We Are Graduating | 116 |
14 Tuko Pamoja? | 123 |
15 Invisible Wounds | 130 |
16 Call Me by My Name | 137 |
17 On Retreat | 146 |
18 Beauty in Brokenness | 155 |
19 Here Am I | 162 |
Acknowledgments | 172 |
8 Cinematic Imagination | 76 |
9 Lusaka Heat | 82 |
10 Low Cost or High Cost | 90 |
11 Healed in Killing Fields | 97 |
12 Body Work | 107 |
Glossary | 174 |
Praise for Liberation Is Here | 177 |
About the Author | 180 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 181 |