{"product_id":"2940148486923","title":"When God Calls: A Faith-Journey Autobiography","description":"The author's efforts to free himself from his ministerial calling, which was imposed on him since childbirth, leads him to break free from his family and ethnic tradition. His journey eventually takes him away from his rural roots in the Philippines to a rural town in the United States where he lives for 30 years as a college professor and pastor. There he experiences a dramatic religious conversion that gives fresh meaning and impetus to his calling. Having spent equal times immersed in two different cultures, he realizes that he is a world citizen and he celebrates by rediscovering his roots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stories of lives are always fascinating, especially if told by those who lived them. Dr. Agnir's is a story of surmounting challenges that many of us can identify with, but perhaps which only a few of us had the same array of difficulties as he had. He tells about breaking barriers of religion, race and color, to help communities and congregations so that they can themselves overcome the same barriers. But, too, he tells of breaking the barrier of Filipino identity to be able to successfully live elsewhere, and yet, in the end, finding himself really still a Filipino. \"\u003cbr\u003e-- Dr. Ben S. Malayang III, Silliman University president.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dr. Agnir provides refreshing and revealing insights into the meaning of 'calling' and being 'called by God.' For those who lived through that period of Philippine history which he clearly and cogently describes, the book provides an opportunity to revisit a particular moment in time. For American readers, his story may open a window of understanding and appreciation for neighbors newly arrived from distant places. All in all, it is an informative and inspiring book, written by a gifted pastor and educator.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- The Rev. James Palm, former long-time chaplain, University of the Philippines.","brand":"Bookstand Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108801790192,"sku":"2940148486923","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148486923_p0.jpg?v=1763703546","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148486923","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}