Being well when we're ill : wholeness and hope in spite of infirmity - Dawn, Marva J. (Minneapolis, MN : Augsburg Books, 2008)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278).
Keywords: Sick -- Religious life