1. [n]  sufficient room for easy breathing or movement; "moved to the country to find breathing room"
2. [n]  a short respite

Breathing Space
A moving memoir of a woman pastor, a church, and an urban community laboring for life and breath. BREATHING SPACE is the story of a young woman, Heidi Neumark, and the Hispanic and African-American Lutheran church--aptly named Transfiguration--that took a chance calling on a pastor from a starkly different background. Despite living and working in a milieu of overwhelming poverty and violence, Neumark and the congregation encounter even more powerful forces of hope and renewal. This is the story of a church and community creating space for new life and breath in a place where children suffer the highest rate of asthma in the nation. It`s also the story of a young wife--working, raising her children, and struggling for spiritual breathing space. Through poignant, intimate stories, Neumark charts her journey alongside her parishioners, as pastor, church, and community grow in wisdom and together experience transformation.

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