Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts: Reflections of a Hospital Chaplain Contributor(s): Tenbrook, Gretchen (Author), Koenig, Harold G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0789008521 ISBN-13: 9780789008527 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $37.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts: Reflections of a Hospital Chaplain provides readers with insight into the experiences of thirty-five individual hospital patients and the suffering that they endure, as well as what they learn about themselves and God through their ordeal. Readers will discover a collection of descriptive, insightful, personal, and heartfelt essays, each derived from a visit with a particular patient. These essays bring to the surface aspects of real human experience, inviting readers to see spirituality behind both the significant and everyday events in life and think about how they view themselves and other people. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery - Medical - Religion | Christian Living - General |
Dewey: 248.892 |
LCCN: 99055440 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.01" W x 8.39" (0.69 lbs) 188 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Evangelical - Theometrics - Mainline |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Witness the wonder of divine power when faith in God overcomes human frailty!Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts: Reflections of a Hospital Chaplain provides chaplains, doctors, nurses, psychologists, and counselors with insight into the experiences of individual hospital patients. You'll learn of the suffering that they endure, and what patients and caretakers can learn about themselves and God through their ordeals. This is a wonderful collection of descriptive, personal, and heartfelt essays, each derived from a visit with a particular patient. These episodes demonstrate the wonder of divine strength manifested in human frailty. You'll see the spiritual aspects of both significant and common events, inspiring you to contemplate and appreciate all of your life experiences. Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts will help you unravel daily questions and problems and encourage you to seek God's eminent presence in all of your experiences.This intriguing collection demonstrates what it means to be human and what it means to be made in God's likeness. You will explore the heartwrenching struggles of unique individuals, such as:
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