Hope for the Future: Answering God’s Call to Justice for Our Children

By Shannon Daley-Harris and Marian Wright Edelman

Whether a parent or pastor, child advocate or Christian educator, professional or volunteer working with children, we yearn for both comfort and challenge, vision and validation, hope and help as we seek to make a difference in the lives of children.

In Hope for the Future, Shannon Daley-Harris draws from her twenty-four years of work with the Children's Defense Fund to offer twelve meditations for those working to create a better world for our children. Each meditation focuses on passages of Scripture and weaves together moving stories of children, startling statistics about the challenges facing children, and inspiring examples from other movements and faithful leaders that came before us. Questions for faithful response after each meditation will prompt further reflection and action.

This inspirational book can be used as a devotional, in Bible study discussion, or during a social action committee's discernment.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Release date: Oct 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781611648089

Shannon Daley-Harris

Shannon Daley-Harris is the Religious Affairs Advisor and Proctor Institute Director for the Children's Defense Fund (CDF). During her more than twenty-five years with CDF, she has created the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry and the National Observance of Children's Sabbaths. Her work includes speaking, preaching, leading retreats and workshops, and consulting with religious groups from the national to the local level.

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