A Time to LoveIn this book a mother tells a candid story of agony and anguish experienced as AIDS took her son. Roger's journals disclose his struggles with his sexuality and his feelings of rejection and alienation. The drama shows how he eventually comes to peace with himself, his loved ones, and God. Roger's family upholds him emotionally, physically, and spiritually through phone calls, letters, prayers, and visits from Kansas to California, where Roger lived. His parents, Helen and Marvin Hostetler, sense God's strength and providential intervention as they go through the ordeal of Roger's last years. A core of friends stand by Roger, and a San Francisco church support group shares compassion and love with the Hostetlers, bearing burdens with them. Persons with AIDS are often treated as social outcasts. The author challenges the church to reflect on its ministry to them, to be redemptive, to walk with those in pain, offering care, friendship, trust, and hope. |
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... things to do : grocery shopping , cleaning , laundry , things to be repaired or replaced , etc. Roger had several business errands for Marvin and Leo . He knew that Sheryl was proficient in cleaning and the bathroom desperately needed ...
... things to do : grocery shopping , cleaning , laundry , things to be repaired or replaced , etc. Roger had several business errands for Marvin and Leo . He knew that Sheryl was proficient in cleaning and the bathroom desperately needed ...
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... things , but always Marvin reads the Christmas story and leads in prayer . Sometimes we join in petitions for different things . This morning we had some concern as to how we were going to be able to follow through . Our hearts were too ...
... things , but always Marvin reads the Christmas story and leads in prayer . Sometimes we join in petitions for different things . This morning we had some concern as to how we were going to be able to follow through . Our hearts were too ...
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... things which he himself enjoyed so much . We could enjoy a musical , a symphony , a museum , a picnic in the park . Roger had an exceptional appreciation for beauty and the things of life that were eternal , and he seemed to be very ...
... things which he himself enjoyed so much . We could enjoy a musical , a symphony , a museum , a picnic in the park . Roger had an exceptional appreciation for beauty and the things of life that were eternal , and he seemed to be very ...
Contents
Acknowledgments and Thanks | 9 |
Authors Preface | 11 |
News from the West | 15 |
Copyright | |
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