In, Humbled, Carlos Annacondia gives readers an intimate, first-hand account of the journey that led him from a career as a successful businessman to the front lines of international revival. Full of personal stories, scriptural insights, and practical guidelines, this book will inspire you to embrace humility and partner with the Holy Spirit. When you do, you’ll see His Kingdom change your life and the lives of those you love.
Una historia real está forjada también por sus hechos tardíos, las astillas desprendidas del cuerpo mayor de acontecimientos. Si la política que surge de los hechos de armas de los años 70 inventó su estilo, sus procedimientos y sus percepciones éticas frente a la vida y la muerte, y todo ello resulta hoy muy conocido, el resplandor rezagado de los grupos armados que actuaron fugazmente una década y media después, luego de la caída del régimen militar, son un capítulo poco notorio, menos enlutado, pero no carente de vibración trágica. La historia de Krmpotic se convierte en un ejercicio rememorativo repleto de vivacidad y sagaces comentarios sobre la vida carcelaria. Krmpotic formaba parte de la ORP y ese grupo, concebido como un avatar enérgico de la justicia de urgencia, intenta secuestrar al médico Bergés, notorio oficiante de los actos de suplicio contra las encarceladas y encarcelados en centros clandestinos, y presionar a grandes supermercados para que entreguen parte de sus ganancias a finalidades solidarias. La voz de Krmpotic parece venir de muy lejos, pero se enlaza perfectamente con los drásticos y rotundos relatos sobre los destinos militantes, la condición del prisionero, la autoridad del que decide recordar. La cicatriz endurecida con la que analiza los tramos penumbrosos de la vida y la política, son retratos firmes sostenidos con una agudeza donde conviven la ironía y la amargura. Y a pesar de que sus reflexiones están encajadas en palabras maduradas por duras experiencias, todo parece basarse en la incertidumbre sobre el origen del propio nombre. Horacio González
In, Humbled, Carlos Annacondia gives readers an intimate, first-hand account of the journey that led him from a career as a successful businessman to the front lines of international revival. Full of personal stories, scriptural insights, and practical guidelines, this book will inspire you to embrace humility and partner with the Holy Spirit. When you do, you’ll see His Kingdom change your life and the lives of those you love.
Born in Brussels in 1925, the eldest of a family whose participation in the political economic and cultural life of Belgium dates back to the 14thcentury Francois Houtart has been a man of the world. Bestowed by the UNESCO with the Mandanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non Violence in 2009' writer of over fifty books amongthem pioneer works on Sociology and Theology Houtart had a long and fruitful life always on the side of the needy and the humble. In this book you will find the complete biography of this Belgian priest and sociologist. Anecdotes and stories about his family his childhood his travels around the world and their impact on his research on sociology and the role of religion; his relationship with the Church the Vatican authorities, the Belgian monarchy academicians scholars and savants; leaders and Statesmen of many developing countries; guerrilla fighters and priests who also devoted their lives to the wellbeing of humanity disregarding their origin and creed. He was in the midst of most of the battles for justice around the world. His interviewer has presented us with a vision of this shining spirit, a fighter for the Common Good, his achievements and experiences. He had no certainties, but hopes for a better future. This and more can be found in this fascinating personal history.
Dr. Juan Carlos Ortiz narrates the story of how he went from the jungles to the cathedrals. Through the pages of this book, he leads the reader on his journey from his humble beginnings with an alcoholic father, to when Jesus, in the form of two missionaries, transformed his life. In spite of his mother’s resistance to waste any time on “nonsense”, their persistence to share the good news of the gospel paid off. They spoke the words her broken heart longed to hear. Jesus became their provider, their comforter, their joy. Although his mother couldn’t meet all their needs through her work, supernaturally they always had enough. The impossibility of him and his siblings to attend school was suddenly a possibility. As a young man, Dr. Ortiz feels the need to serve the One who changed their lives. He enters into the seminary beginning his journey into the ministry. Along the way he is influenced by great international leaders like Tommy Hicks, who leave a lasting impression on his life. Soon after, he becomes pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in California, one of the most important churches in the United States.
A political dissident who was jailed and tortured by Uruguayas military regime, Carlos Liscano movingly recounts those experiences in Truck of Fools. His narrative, a mosaic of brief, powerful vignettes, offers unique insight into the physical and psychological plight of the prisoner, as well as into the mindset of his tormentors. Liscano survived these horrors to become a gifted writer and Uruguayas most well known novelist.
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