Hearts and Hands deals with many of the difficult issues addressed in Luis Rodríguez’s memoir of gang life, Always Running, but with a focus on healing through community building. Empowered by his experiences as a peacemaker with gangs ...

It is a story about the challenges, the personal triumphs, and strength through faith of a laid off father told from the perspective of his young son. The father gains wisdom, is nurtured, and finds new strength in timeless wisdom and new innocence.