Download or read book Tightrope Balancing Faith Ministry and Cancer written by Cullen Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I walk a tightrope. And I dare not look down. As I hang precariously balanced I find keeping balance is not easy to do. On one side is the reality that all of us die, even young men in their early 50's. Cancer is not a respecter of persons. It can take us all.... The Young and the Old. The Rich and the Poor. The famous and Infamous... Those that some would think deserve it. And those that don't. And me. Denial is only foolish. And on the other side is Faith. The kind of faith that knows miracles can and do happen. God can and does intervene. Prayers are miraculously answered. Bodies are healed. Lives are restored. Cancers are banished and vanish... Without explanation. Unpredictably. Wonderfully. Denial refuses the Unseen Mystery of life. And now I walk a tightrope.
Download or read book Tightrope Balancing Faith Ministry and Cancer written by Bryant Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Stroll at Leisure with God written by John D. Talbert and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word "cancer" is frightening. What happens when a doctor tells you that you have cancer? How do you deal with that? What goes on in the immediate aftermath of that diagnosis? What is chemotherapy like? How will you feel? These are only a few of the questions that proliferate when we face any uncertain turn in the road of life. A Stroll at Leisure with God is a unique perspective of how to walk with the Lord through any crisis or lifes daily challenges. Through it all, whatever comes our way, we can learn what it truly means to have faith, even in times of crisis.
Download or read book Hoping for More written by Deanna Thompson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We tend to use words like miracle and mystery in the context of serendipity. In this frank and eloquent account of life transformed by cancer, Deanna Thompson explores these articles of faith as they are also wont to appear--on the hard edges of hope and the dark side of joy." --Krista Tippett, from the Foreword Hoping for More is a story of a young religion professor with a stage IV cancer diagnosis and a lousy prognosis for the future. Amid the grief and the grace of her fractured life, this theologian--who is also a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend--searches for words adequate to express her faltering faith. More Anne Lamott meets Harold Kushner than the teller of a pious, God-saved-me-from-cancer tale, Thompson unpacks the messy realities that arise when faith and suffering collide. Told in shimmering prose, Hoping for More takes readers on an unsentimental journey through the valley of the shadow of cancer--beyond the predictable parameters of prayer, the church, even belief in life after death. What emerges is a novel approach to talking faith and accepting grace when hope is all you've got.
Download or read book My Stronghold written by Joe Fornear and published by . This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May of 2003, doctors gave the author, Joe Fornear, just days to live. Stage IV metastatic melanoma cancer had spread to thirteen different sites in his body, including lung, kidney, stomach and pancreas. Though he was at the brink of death, Joe experienced a miraculous healing. This book describes the struggles and process of how Joe gleaned lessons on surrender; human weakness and God's strength; God's goodness and compassion in a crisis and powerful lessons on faith and prayer.Joe Fornear is Founder and Executive Director of Stronghold Ministry, a non-profit ministry that provides spiritual help to cancer patients and those in crisis. An ordained minister, Joe has a Masters of Theology (ThM) degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. He founded a church in Dallas, TX and pastored there for 18 years. Joe and his wife, Terri, have two children, a son Jesse, and a daughter Amy.
Download or read book Cancer and Faith written by John Carmody and published by Twenty Third Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer and Faith is particularly valuable for those facing a serious illness, and for those who love them. It provides an intimate and hope filled picture of a renewed, life giving relationship with God in the face of imminent death.
Download or read book Somewhere Between written by Lindy Gore and published by Upside Down Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one ever thinks cancer will come knocking at their door the uninvited guest who unexpectedly sneaks in unnoticed. When cancer is discovered, it catapults its host to a place that is Somewhere Between; that uncertain, transitional space, hovering between what is and what is to come. Are you (or someone you know) having trouble navigating the cancer journey and moving forward to regain healing and health? The process can be exhausting! There are no certainties with cancer, but there is One who see, knows and walks with you every step of the way. His name is Jesus and He is the giver of healing and hope. This 50-day devotional book is a unique fusion of anecdote, personal story, scriptural insight and prayer. Teacher, missionary and breast cancer survivor, Lindy Gore, takes you on her breast cancer journey and all the feelings that came with it. Lindy's recovery process will fill you with hope, laughter and unwavering faith. In the pages of SOMEWHERE BETWEEN you will: * experience all the various emotions of a cancer diagnosis and identify your own feelings in the process. *. learn about the common ins and out of cancer treatment. * discover how your experience can be viewed in the light of biblical truths. * gain a sense of peace and encouragement as you travel the difficult road of recovery Lindy Gore brings a lifetime of adventure and wisdom to her books, allowing her readers to experience the ups and downs of a cancer diagnosis and a path to peace through Jesus Christ. Her combination of authentic struggle, and radical faith are solid reminders of the faithfulness of God in even the most dire circumstances. Whether you are in a cancer battle or are walking alongside someone who is...THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU! Faith in God and the perspective you carry are two of the most important aspects of facing a difficult trial. After personally observing Lindy navigate her cancer journey with an astonishing measure of joy, peace and faith, I knew she had a life changing message to share with the world! Somewhere Between is a compelling combination of relatable stories, devotions and prayers that will drive your faith, encourage you and remind you that you're not alone. Lindy's raw honesty and vulnerability helps you process your own journey and propel you to fight the good fight with confident faith. Monica Lee Groups Pastor at Radiant Church This Holy Spirit inspired devotional is a must read for all women, not only those dealing with breast cancer. Lindy's vulnerability and transparency in the details of the physical and emotional challenges she faced bring a heightened awareness to families and friends of those battling cancer. Lindy not only shares her story, but also uses her teaching gift to link her experiences to Biblical examples. She weaves her quirky humor and deep love for the Lord into many of her writings and brings even the most fearful and dreadful experiences back to the goodness of God and hope for complete healing. Her positive voice and authentic faith shine light into the darkness of a difficult season. Reading this devotional is time well spent! Sindy Nagel Inspirational Author and Speaker. In this inspirational devotional, Lindy leads us through her cancer journey while never losing sight or trust in her faith or in the infinite grace, mercy and compassion of Jesus Christ. She even adds some humor along the way to lighten the load -- which we all need. She offers a way to grow through this hard time. I would personally recommend Somewhere Between to anyone on the cancer journey. Margaret McGovern Founder of Cancer Hope Connections
Download or read book Rejoicing in Lament written by J. Todd Billings and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of thirty-nine, Christian theologian Todd Billings was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable cancer. In the wake of that diagnosis, he began grappling with the hard theological questions we face in the midst of crisis: Why me? Why now? Where is God in all of this? This eloquently written book shares Billings's journey, struggle, and reflections on providence, lament, and life in Christ in light of his illness, moving beyond pat answers toward hope in God's promises. Theologically robust yet eminently practical, it engages the open questions, areas of mystery, and times of disorientation in the Christian life. Billings offers concrete examples through autobiography, cultural commentary, and stories from others, showing how our human stories of joy and grief can be incorporated into the larger biblical story of God's saving work in Christ.
Download or read book Seasons Under Heaven written by Julia Wideman and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this heart-rending memoir, Julia Wideman lays bare her heart--her hopes and dreams, her fears and frailties, and her faith in God's mercy and goodness. It is a story of young love, lost love, new love, and most importantly, God's love. Ready to serve God and follow His will for their lives, Donald and Julia Moore find themselves at seminary where Donald, in obedience to the call on his life, is training to become a bi-vocational pastor. A short time into his schooling, Donald learns he has cancer, and the couple's faith is put to the test. While walking the tightrope of God's sovereignty, the couple hopes and prays for a miracle in the form of a physical healing. After nine months of chemotherapy and radiation, Donald is declared cancer free, and everyone believes all is well, until a few months later when a routine check-up reveals the mistake. It is in the light of this new knowledge that Julia must come to terms with God's sovereignty and the true balancing act of faith and hope in light of accepting God's will and Donald's death. As Julia enters widowhood, she shares her heart, often exposing raw, tender, and fragile emotions. She asks and answers the difficult question: How can I trust God in light of my loss? As she learns to be a single parent to five young children, she begins to understand how God is not only a Father to the fatherless, but also a husband to the widow. Soon Julia and her children discover how God works to answer the most basic of needs in miraculous ways!
Download or read book The Adventures of Cancer Girl and God written by Anna Fitch Courie and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Popular health and fitness author and nurse - First-hand experience living with cancer in more than 30 "days of journaling" through the course of a year - Help for Christians struggling with health and illness who want to connect spiritual beliefs to their whole life
Download or read book Not Now Cancer I m Busy written by Melissa Trevathan-Minnis and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis Are you or is someone you love facing a cancer diagnosis in the prime of life? You’re not alone. The likelihood of developing cancer in one’s lifetime is 1 in 2 for males and 1 in 3 for females, and the numbers are rising. A cancer diagnosis at any age is traumatic, but young to middle-aged adults who are often raising or planning for children, establishing careers, and getting on their financial feet face unique challenges. When cancer strikes, this group can become overwhelmed by navigating treatment options, mounting debt from medical bills, threats to fertility, and the necessity of facing one’s mortality. It can become a mental battle ground. In Not Now, Cancer, I’m Busy, Melissa Trevathan-Minnis and Deanne Meeks Brown offer research, resources, and support to help you overcome the psychological trauma of cancer. Sharing their own personal stories, along with insights from other young cancer survivors, these two mental health professionals guide you through the rollercoaster of emotions from diagnosis and treatment to transitioning back to life post-treatment. While the challenges of cancer survivorship are many, so are the coping strategies available to help promote recovery and well-being. Not Now, Cancer, I’m Busy, addresses cancer through the lens of mental health and offers strategies to not only cope with the challenges of cancer, but to build a life full of meaning and intention despite them. From developing a fighting spirit and learning how to slow down, to breaking down barriers to mental health and spiritual growth, this book will help you tap into your personal strengths and resilience. Although a cancer diagnosis in early and midlife can be earth-shattering, the trauma of cancer can actually leave you stronger and better equipped-if you let it. WORDS OF PRAISE OMG! This is a fabulous book--the one everyone dealing with cancer has been waiting for! While the book is specifically addressed to YMAs (Young and Middle Adults) it is an exhaustive compendium of experience, issues, and directions for all those touched in any way by cancer—victims, survivors, family, friends and the rest of us who care in one way or another. From diagnosis to survivorship or to disability and death Melissa and Deanne offer amazingly comprehensive research, suggestions, and enlightenment at every step of the journey they take us on. Most interesting to me as a psychologist-psychoanalyst and survivor of cancer at age 21 are the sections on post-traumatic growth, developing a personal narrative, and the progression from surviving to thriving. Not Now, Cancer is an absolute triumph by two people who artfully weave their personal thriving experiences of themselves and of their families and friends with a wealth of incredible details of their cancer experiences that are equally well applicable to people of all ages who are faced with life-threatening diagnoses or circumstances. Congratulations Melissa and Deanne and thanks. --Lawrence Hedges, PhD, PsyD, ABPP, Director, the Listening Perspectives Study Center
Download or read book Everything Happens for a Reason written by Kate Bowler and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A meditation on sense-making when there’s no sense to be made, on letting go when we can’t hold on, and on being unafraid even when we’re terrified.”—Lucy Kalanithi “Belongs on the shelf alongside other terrific books about this difficult subject, like Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air and Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal.”—Bill Gates NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God’s disapproval. At thirty-five, everything in her life seems to point toward “blessing.” She is thriving in her job, married to her high school sweetheart, and loves life with her newborn son. Then she is diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. The prospect of her own mortality forces Kate to realize that she has been tacitly subscribing to the prosperity gospel, living with the conviction that she can control the shape of her life with “a surge of determination.” Even as this type of Christianity celebrates the American can-do spirit, it implies that if you “can’t do” and succumb to illness or misfortune, you are a failure. Kate is very sick, and no amount of positive thinking will shrink her tumors. What does it mean to die, she wonders, in a society that insists everything happens for a reason? Kate is stripped of this certainty only to discover that without it, life is hard but beautiful in a way it never has been before. Frank and funny, dark and wise, Kate Bowler pulls the reader deeply into her life in an account she populates affectionately with a colorful, often hilarious retinue of friends, mega-church preachers, relatives, and doctors. Everything Happens for a Reason tells her story, offering up her irreverent, hard-won observations on dying and the ways it has taught her to live. Praise for Everything Happens for a Reason “I fell hard and fast for Kate Bowler. Her writing is naked, elegant, and gripping—she’s like a Christian Joan Didion. I left Kate’s story feeling more present, more grateful, and a hell of a lot less alone. And what else is art for?”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and president of Together Rising
Download or read book Listening to Love written by Jan Meyers and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Is Calling. How Will You Answer? One of our greatest desires is to know we are loved by our Creator. Yet the depth of our apprehension is often equally strong: If I listen, we wonder, what will God say? If I open myself up to blessings, what will God require in return? As we trace this line of thinking, the God of all goodness becomes, in our minds, the God of our worst fears. Embrace a Love That’s Worth the Risk. God is far greater than our most expectant dreams. While he does often ask everything of us, he actually wants everything for us. He doesn’t want blind loyalty or bored religious compliance; he longs for nothing less than our entire passionate self–something most of us have yet to glimpse. God’s desire is that people lean in, listen, and wrestle with him so that they can respond to him without fear. Can this God be trusted? Absolutely. Will the journey be easy? Not a chance. But once you learn to listen to love, you’ll find that there’s only one way you can adore this unmanageable, unpredictable, wild, and unruly God: with your whole heart.
Download or read book Braden s Voice written by Mark Speed and published by Braden's Voice. This book was released on 2020-02 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of a child should never pre-date that of their parents. It's happening far too often more and more in the current generation. The cause of the current epidemic of depression and teen suicide will be studied for decades to follow. In the present, we as parents must open our eyes, our ears, our minds, and our hearts to a desperate situation. The second leading cause of death of our young people is suicide. When, during your own youth did you ever give serious and pensive thought to taking your own life? Perhaps in a fleeting moment when you experienced sharp pain of a love lost or a word said, but today, the option of suicide is "on the menu" of choices and our youth talk about that menu item daily. We implore readers to learn about this taboo topic... "The 'S' Word" and to help ensure it is not kept a subject we don't talk about, but rather one we openly acknowledge and fight against as informed parents to a lost and lonely generation.
Download or read book Eternity changes everything written by Stephen Witmer and published by The Good Book Company. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thrills Christians about their eternal future, and shows how that future changes their present. Our view of the future affects how we feel and act in the present. Stephen Witmer excites us about where the world is heading, gives certainty about where we as individuals are heading, and thrills us about how eternity really does change everything in our daily lives. If you are worried about your future... or if your future doesn't seem to make any difference to your now... or if you simply want to get more excited about where you will spend eternity... read this book!
Download or read book Disability and the Church written by Lamar Hardwick and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastor Lamar Hardwick was thirty-six years old when he found out he was on the autism spectrum. This revelation prompted him to reconsider the church's responsibilities to the disabled community. Insisting that the good news of Jesus affirms God's image in all people, Hardwick offers practical steps and strategies to build stronger, truly inclusive communities of faith.
Download or read book The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind written by Mark A. Noll and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award (1995) “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.” So begins this award-winning intellectual history and critique of the evangelical movement by one of evangelicalism’s most respected historians. Unsparing in his indictment, Mark Noll asks why the largest single group of religious Americans—who enjoy increasing wealth, status, and political influence—have contributed so little to rigorous intellectual scholarship. While nourishing believers in the simple truths of the gospel, why have so many evangelicals failed to sustain a serious intellectual life and abandoned the universities, the arts, and other realms of “high” culture? Over twenty-five years since its original publication, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind has turned out to be prescient and perennially relevant. In a new preface, Noll lays out his ongoing personal frustrations with this situation, and in a new afterword he assesses the state of the scandal—showing how white evangelicals’ embrace of Trumpism, their deepening distrust of science, and their frequent forays into conspiratorial thinking have coexisted with surprisingly robust scholarship from many with strong evangelical connections.
