The Scent of Water

Discovering What Remains

Feel like a misfit? Tired of playing it safe? From an edgy, radical new voice comes a book for those who are stirred by stories of others. Join author Naomi Zacharias in traveling to different parts of the world, meeting people who have endured injustice and broken dreams. Read and gain a new awareness of global issues and the resilience of the human spirit while finding the adventure designed specifically for you by God!

Pub. Date:  February 2011

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Does the Christian life have to be boring? Naomi Zacharias offers a resounding "no" in this book for those who are troubled by global injustice and long for a significant place in life. Listen to her story - and begin to realize your own. Follow Zacharias as she wrestles with confusion, contradiction, and struggle with identity. Through real-life encounters with victims of global injustice, see how she discovers that the pain she feels in the face of extreme tragedy mirrors a kind of pain in her own soul and reveals a common struggle that exists within all of humanity. As Naomi Zacharias talked to women working in brothels in Mumbai; survivors of an Indonesian tsunami where more than 160,000 lives were lost; and a young girl dying before an operation can be performed to save her life, she began to understand her own story. What will your story be? Will it be marriage and children? A career? Or a solo journey? No matter what calling you discover, each promises significance and a unique calling that is yours. If you resonate with books such as Lauren Winner's Girl Meets God or Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper, you'll find Zacharias book exactly to your taste. Real faith. Real purpose. Real redemption. Zacharias doesn't have all the answers. But she has hope and encouragement that will empower you to begin the adventure of your life.