{"product_id":"i-thirst-from-hunger-to-unconditional-faith","title":"I THIRST From Hunger to Unconditional Faith","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIn the heat of a Calcutta hotel room, the author looks out on a city of bonfires, strewn garbage, and unending honking, and wonders how she will endure ten days of it. She has come to India carrying an unnamed hunger, a restlessness she could not name. In the Mother House she comes face to face with Mother Teresa, and on a chapel cross she meets the two words \"I THIRST.\" They stop her as if she had struck an invisible wall. In that moment her own unnamed hunger is given a name: thirst.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWhat follows is not a conversion but a slow undoing, the author moving through five stages of faith, first on Indian ground and then in the long seasons after:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe Seeker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e, hungry and afraid, learning to live in faith instead of existing in fear at a gate where an answer arrived.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e, surprised to find the poorest of the poor, materially bankrupt but spiritually wealthy, smiling back at her smile.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe Faithful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e, watching Calcutta's dying destitutes learn to die a better death and quietly teach her something about living.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eUnconditional Faith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e, in the seasons after the journey, the years that almost broke her, a card that said try again tomorrow, and a sister's letter that carried her through.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eUnconditional Everything\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e, faith and love walking through the ordinary day, when a siren sings and love is sent into anger, seeing through God's eyes until knowing becomes living.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eEach stage ends the same way: a kept line to carry, a single question to answer in the reader's own voice, and one tiny practice that turns reflection into action. Because the author's story is the trigger, never the center, these five stages become a mirror the reader holds up to their own life, whichever stage they are standing in right now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eI THIRST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e is for anyone in a season of loneliness or loss who is looking everywhere for a sign, something to awaken within them, for passion to return, or simply to feel okay. It promises that no matter where they are, they are growing into a masterpiece, remembering how to be in love and filled with faith, and believing that whatever life brings, they will be okay: not merely existing or surviving, but thriving in love and faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robin Zelaya, Ph.D.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52890779484458,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5223\/4794\/files\/IThirst_FromHungertoFaith.png?v=1791495544","url":"https:\/\/shop.unitednetwork.earth\/products\/i-thirst-from-hunger-to-unconditional-faith","provider":"N E W  E A R T H  I N N O V A T I O N S","version":"1.0","type":"link"}