by Elora Ramirez | Oct 27, 2011 | activist faith
[serialposts]When I started writing my novel back in 2009, I didn’t set out to write about human trafficking. I just wanted to tell the story of a girl we mentored, but I wasn’t surprised when my characters took on a life of their own and what came of...
by Elora Ramirez | Oct 25, 2011 | activist faith, book reviews
[serialposts]from Elora Ramirez’ debut novel Come Alive, due out this Winter through Rhizome Publishing – Sunrises make me come alive. I’m usually up far before the sun makes an appearance anyway, so when the first light of the day creeps its way across...
by Elora Ramirez | Apr 20, 2011 | book reviews, engaged in culture
[serialposts] If our God is the Father to the fatherless, how can we, who are called to be imitators of him, be any less? As I read Redeeming the Story, I couldn’t help but think of where my husband and I were seven months ago and where we’re at now....
by Elora Ramirez | Apr 1, 2011 | book reviews, engaged in culture
[serialposts] The fatherless generation embraces pain to escape the anguish of a missing father. They believe and live the lies of rejection until the lie becomes the truth. Like Legion, they isolate themselves to escape the pain through drugs or self-injury –...