Daughters of Rizpah

“This book arose out of Dan and Sharon Buttry’s small group training—for decades, in forty-five countries, often in interfaith groups, always in the midst of serious social conflicts—using the brief, often overlooked story of Rizpah (2 Sam 21), ancient Hebrew mother, as one among many teaching tools, using experiential education exercises, to illustrate, analyze, and generate new insights on effective nonviolent strategies in the struggle for justice. This book is revelatory.”


—Ken Sehested, author of In the Land of the Willing: Litanies, Prayers, Poems, and Benedictions





“Sharon and Daniel Buttry’s book contains a painful invitation to enter into the trauma and injustice of Rizpah’s story and the stories of others who have experienced unspeakable injustices in today’s world. One almost wants to close the book and turn the eyes away from these unbearable accounts. But! I encourage you to allow yourself to feel the pain deeply and risk entering into the complexity and challenge of these stories so that you, too, can become an agent of God’s nonviolent, transformative change in this world even as God uses those who are seemingly powerless to bring about God’s kingdom of reconciliation and hope on earth as it is in heaven.”


—Sharon T. Koh, Executive Director/CEO, International Ministries