Internationally renowned artist Makoto Fujimura reflects on Shusaku Endo's novel Silence and grapples with the nature of art, pain and culture. Showing that light is yet present in darkness, he uncovers deep layers of meaning in Japanese history and finds connections to how faith is lived in contexts of trauma. --Publisher.

Padded Footsteps is a special testimony through poetry in hopes of helping others overcome grief. Finding an outlet to express one's feelings. "Through words we are connected, but through our testimonies we are alive." D. Martinez. --