Being well when we're ill : wholeness and hope in spite of infirmity / Marva J. Dawn.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Minneapolis, MN : Augsburg Books, c2008.Description: 278 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780806680385 (alk. paper)
  • 0806680385 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 4910 .D33 2008
Contents:
Loss and finds -- Loss of dreams : God's larger story -- A vacuum without God : spiritual practices -- Meaninglessness : looking for grace -- Loss of "innocence" : lament -- Retribution and other bad ideas : biblical theology -- Making God too small : the mysterious love of the Trinity -- Loss of trust, bitterness : God's discipline -- Loneliness : community -- Physical pain : ministry to others -- Unproductivity : the mysterious workings of God -- Worry : gratitude, the peace of God -- Boredom : solitude and the glory of God -- Side effects : strengthening what remains -- Wrong perceptions and expectations : truth-telling -- Regrets : forgiveness -- False guilt : medicine is a stochastic art -- Depression : medical gifts -- Dying : dying daily and well -- Loss of certainty : redemptive suffering, eschatology -- Infirmity and the Trinity's larger story.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BV 4910 .D33 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98634522

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278).

Loss and finds -- Loss of dreams : God's larger story -- A vacuum without God : spiritual practices -- Meaninglessness : looking for grace -- Loss of "innocence" : lament -- Retribution and other bad ideas : biblical theology -- Making God too small : the mysterious love of the Trinity -- Loss of trust, bitterness : God's discipline -- Loneliness : community -- Physical pain : ministry to others -- Unproductivity : the mysterious workings of God -- Worry : gratitude, the peace of God -- Boredom : solitude and the glory of God -- Side effects : strengthening what remains -- Wrong perceptions and expectations : truth-telling -- Regrets : forgiveness -- False guilt : medicine is a stochastic art -- Depression : medical gifts -- Dying : dying daily and well -- Loss of certainty : redemptive suffering, eschatology -- Infirmity and the Trinity's larger story.

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