Kirjahaku

The Bible on the Border explains how Father Rick Thomas S.J. and his friends learned to serve the poor of Mexico by taking God as His Word. Richard Dunstan, the author, first visited the late Father Rick Thomas and the OLYC community in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez in 1989; while there, he had a life-changing encounter with Jesus during a visit to prisoners in the cells at the Juarez municipal jail. He has returned to the community frequently since then. This book grew out of a suggestion from Father Thomas, and is based on extensive interviews with him and other OLYC volunteers, as well as personal experience of the ministries.

When he heard God's call to the priesthood, Rick Thomas set out on a journey he could never have imagined. He turned his back on a life of wealth and worldly success. In more than half a century with the Society of Jesus, he not only served the poor tirelessly, but embraced poverty in his own life-so completely that he spent the majority of his career eating tortillas and beans and sleeping on a cot wherever he was working. For over 40 years, he led a multifaceted set of ministries to the poor of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, relying on God to guide decisions and provide the resources. This book is the story of that life's journey.