Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx.Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx. By Heidi B. Neumark (Beacon, $25). N., who preached the installation sermon for Bishop Mark Hanson, recounts her nineteen-year ministry at Transfiguration Transfiguration, in the New Testament, manifestation wherein Jesus appeared "shining" before Peter, James, and John. The traditional explanation is that in it Jesus' divine glory shone in his earthly body. Mt. Lutheran Church in the South Bronx. As pastor of an African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. and Hispanic parish burdened by poverty, drug use, and attendant miseries, N. mixes anecdotes filled with hope and pain with biblical commentary and a rich knowledge of the giants of spirituality, both ancient and contemporary. She has learned to live "threatened by resurrection." The people she mourns, celebrates, and loves will not allow her to live as though they have not lived. In an Epilogue N. announces that she has taken on a new call at Trinity Lutheran Church Trinity Lutheran Church can refer to one of several churches listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places:
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