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Why does God allow suffering? And why does God seem to go silent when we're in pain? In Hope When Life Unravels, Dr. Adam Dooley, pastor and host of the daily radio broadcast A Better Way, searches for answers to our biggest questions about suffering as he shares his son Carson's story of battling leukemia. Adam speaks openly about the gut-wrenching struggle his family endured for three years of life-threatening illness and how God met them in their hours of need - even when it wasn't in the ways they wanted.

In 2006, Abby Rike lost the life she knew and loved when her husband and two young children were killed in a car accident. Devastated and numb, she shut down. For nearly three years she walked through life like a spectre, present in body only. As she descended, so did her health. Fortunately, Abby was not alone. She had loving parents, supportive friends, and a faith that continued to sustain her. Little by little she found the courage to return to life. Joining The Biggest Loser proved a catalyst for the physical and emotional changes she needed to make.

A Dream So Big is the story of Steve Peifer, a corporate manager who once oversaw 9,000 computer software consultants, who today helps provide daily lunches for over 20,000 Kenyan school children in 35 national public schools, and maintains solar-powered computer labs at 20 rural African schools.

After her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head-on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of a pastor. Blending memoir, spirituality, and travel, Near the Exit examines how cultures confront and have confronted death by investigating Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Mayan temples, Colorado cremation pyres, Day of the Dead celebrations, Maori settlements, and tourist-destination graveyards.

Thirty short-yet-powerful morning and evening reflections offer encouragement, hope, and inspiration to people dealing with a life-threatening illness, and to their family members and caretakers. Here are honest insights and personal stories from a pastor who continues his own journey with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease".

People are broken all over the place. Places are broken all around us. But we were made for better than this: We were made for shalom. We were made to be whole - and to make things whole. This is an empowering journey for those who hunger for a better life, for a better world...for those who want to plant and grow the seeds of restoration in themselves and their communities...and for those who want to see the jagged edges made smooth as we move from brokenness to wholeness.

No matter what the circumstances, death shakes us to the core. It seems so wrong, and it is! We long for comfort, but we don't know where to look. Can God really help when we are overwhelmed with grief? With compassion and biblical wisdom, Paul David Tripp shows us how to think and what to do when death enters our door in CCEFs Grief: Finding Hope Again.

"Write that book. Love God and Isabelle." Amy Lyon took her orders seriously, and in this transformative memoir, the author takes listeners on a gut-level journey as she shuffles (less than perfectly) through postpartum depression, the tragedy of losing an infant, and intense anger toward God - all while asking the question that plagues so many of us: What on earth am I here for? In time, she proves that - buried beneath the thick layers of sorrow - hope and joy can exist...even if you refuse to believe.

Welcome to ground level, to the dirt and the mess. We like the mountain tops and the sunshine. We like green grass under a clear blue sky. We like victory and breakthrough and answered prayers. But sometimes it rains, the shadows deepen, and life turns muddy. Sometimes God seems quiet. What then? What happens when depression descends, or anxiety hangs like a sword overhead? What happens when loneliness suffocates, the thief steals more than stuff, and you get blood on your shoes? In Digging in the Dirt, Jonathan Trotter delves into the disasters, the darkness, and the deluge, and he offers ...

Enmarcando su propia historia de abrumadora pérdida y creciente esperanza con la historia bíblica de Job, Nancy Guthrie lleva de la mano a sus compañeros de sufrimiento y los guía por un camino a través del dolor—directo al corazón de Dios. Aferrándose a la Esperanza ofrece una perspectiva edificante no sólo para aquellos que están experimentando una pérdida monumental sino para cualquiera que esté atravesando dificultades y fracasos.

Originally published as Fly a Little Higher and now updated and revised to coincide with the film release of Clouds, Laura Sobiech tells the amazing, true story behind the song and the movie.

Align your life with the values and lessons taught by Jesus and start walking the path to happiness, peace, and faith!

A tragedy sidetracks Donna, setting up a series of difficulties. How will she find her way, and how will she get help? This powerful true story begins with Donna, at seventeen, excited for life after graduation with her best friend at her side until an accident changed her life forever. The resulting hopelessness led to rash, imprisoning decisions she later regretted. Although encountering the love of God rescues her soul, she faces devastating circumstances involving those close to her.

Where is Jesus when we need him most? An influential pastor shares how despair can lead us to discover true hope and a deeper relationship with God, helping us emerge stronger and more joyful from times of crisis. None of us live free of difficulties or hardships. But how can we learn to live richly in the midst of them? And even grow spiritually because of them? The answer is found in the hopeful humanity of Jesus.

Though suffering often leaves us feeling isolated, God invites us into the community of the Trinity and offers us many companions in scripture. We experience loneliness alongside the exiled Israelites. We journey with David as he pleads to God for rescue. With Asaph we confess our unbelief. With Job we learn to lament. With Mary and Martha we learn to wait. In God's community, there is sweet fellowship, even in the hardest of circumstances. Journey in this book with Wendy Alsup through her story of suffering, and more importantly, with the God who walks with us in the wilderness.

Knowing her God was bigger than any cancer, ten-year-old Christina faced this tremendous obstacle with unwavering faith and a smile in her heart. There was no room for anger, and the question “Why me?” would never be asked. Instead, this diagnosis was answered with “Use me. Use me, Lord, for Your Name and Your Glory! ”There was no coincidence that Celeste Bowers would be blessed with gifts of writing, teaching, coaching, making people laugh, and being a mom. All these gifts held crucial roles when her ten-year-old daughter, Christina, was diagnosed with cancer.

Come rain or shine, hardship or ease, confusion or clarity, worship is always a choice. But what does it look like when worship meets suffering? How can God be good when it seems the world is collapsing around you? In this inspiring audiobook, Matt and Beth Redman draw on their experiences to explore how to offer praise even in the face of hardship and pain. Focusing on the psalms, they reveal how difficult or tragic circumstances and the choices you make can propel you toward God or away from him.

A chilling behind-bars encounter with a killer unfolds. Step into the heart-wrenching world of his victim’s grieving mother. Can the unforgivable be forgiven? As Tammy Horvath grapples with the weight of depression following her profound loss, she discovers that no amount of exercise or travel can completely mend her shattered soul. The quest for genuine healing takes a courageous turn as she confronts the murderer, unraveling the haunting mysteries behind Luke’s tragic death.

What's next when your happily ever-after turns into the never-ever-again of widowhood? Delve into the Book of Ruth for remarkable direction, hope, and purpose drawn from the lives of ancient widows, but fresh and applicable for today. Twenty-five fictional postcards bring Bible characters to life and show their individual journeys through grief, and short chapters speak to widows' unique challenges.

No human being needs a definition of pain and suffering to understand what they entail. The most crucial question about pain and suffering is not “What is pain or suffering?” The most crucial question that demands a cogent and unambiguous answer is, “Why do we have so much pain and suffering in the world?” This is the question that has dogged mankind for ages. At the center of man’s frustration and anger with pain and suffering is the fundamental premise that God created the world. How could an omniscient and omnipotent God have created a world full of pain and suffering? What is ...