Waging Peace

One Soldier's Story of Putting Love First

De: Diana Oestreich, Danielle Strickland - foreword

Narrado por: Sarah Welborn

Diana Oestreich, a combat medic in the Army National Guard, enlisted like both her parents before her. But when she was commanded to run over an Iraqi child to keep her convoy rolling and keep her battle buddies safe, she was confronted with a choice she never thought she'd have to make.

Torn between God's call to love her enemy and her country's command to be willing to kill, Diana chose to wage peace in a place of war. For the remainder of her tour of duty, Diana sought to be a peacemaker—leading to an unlikely and beautiful friendship with an Iraqi family. A beautiful and gut-wrenching memoir, Waging Peace exposes the false divide between loving our country and living out our faith's call to love our enemies—whether we perceive our enemy as the neighbor with an opposing political viewpoint, the clerk wearing a head-covering, or the refugee from a war-torn country. By showing that us-versus-them is a false choice, this book will inspire each of us to choose love over fear.

©2020 Diana Oestreich (P)2022 Tantor

The title says it all.

I didn't enjoy listening to this narrator. She over-pronounced words, and over emotionalized the story. I think the story was very good, but her performance took away from my enjoyment.