Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84Plough Quarterly • Summer   the plight of the suffering people in Syria and other affected Middle East countries. The Catholic charity with which I’ve worked as a volunteer for over twenty years has provided substantial aid and continues to assist in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. More importantly, at our midday Angelus prayer here in Sutton, we pray daily for the suffering people of the Middle East, be they Christian or Muslim. In this way, we remain in solidarity with our suffering brothers and sisters. Mervyn Maciel, Sutton, UK The Face of the Poor On Neil Shigley’s “Invisible People,” Spring 2016: It is in loving and gazing at the face of the poor and homeless that we will see Christ, who loved them till death. Fear causes us to avoid connecting with them, but love conquers fear; therefore, we should pray for the courage to love. Luz Lopez-Dee, Vancouver, BC Strangers No More On Sheera Hinkey’s “Snapshots from Lesbos,” Winter 2016: This January a family of five Kurdish Syrians was dropped off at our farm in British Columbia, where my family and I live in Christian community with five other families. We are committed to caring for the land and each other, and to showing hospitality to those in need, though this has tended to be people in our own neighborhood. When we saw the crisis and plight of those in Syria we knew we must respond. So this family, who were strangers to Canada and to us, joined our community. One obvious barrier was language, but we have been amazed how quickly one can communicate without language. There were the challenges of helping them find language training, schools for the kids, health insurance, and transportation. But none of these small inconveniences can compare to the unbeliev- able blessing it has been to have them on the farm. They understand community–it is in their DNA–and they have enhanced our com- munity. We are learning from them and their culture. They are strangers no more. They are family. Craig Smith, Surrey, BC Teaching the Faith We recently used Plough’s Winter 2015 issue (“Childhood”) at the annual faculty retreat day with our elementary school teachers. The articles “Discovering Reverence” by Johann Christoph Arnold and “What’s the Point of a Christian Education?” by Christiaan Alting von Geusau sparked a wonderful conversation about our responsibilities as Christian teach- ers. Von Geusau’s words about friendship, faithfulness, formation, and freedom prompted us to develop several new strategies to further develop these virtues among our students. Please know how valuable your magazine is for so many of us who are striving along with you to educate young people to be true disciples of Jesus and brothers and sisters to each other. Br. Timothy Driscoll, Uniondale, NY Thoughts on Ploughing Plough Quarterly is the richest publication I get these days. “Love in Syria” and “Hope in the Void” were world-class: insightful, stunning, deeply spiritual, provocative. The entire maga- zine is beautifully conceived and professionally executed. Philip Yancey, Evergreen, CO We welcome letters to the editor. Letters and web comments may be edited for length and clarity, and may be published in any medium. Letters should be sent with the writer’s name and address to letters@plough.com.