One of the most common experiences of people with disability or chronic illness is feeling intruded on by Christians who come and lay hands on us to pray for our healing without permission. Whether we do or don’t want healing, the problem is that people don’t enter our world to learn about the comples emotions […]
Posts in the book reviews category:
My Body, Disability, and My Self: A Complicated Relationship
I have been reading The Wisdom of Your Body by Hillary McBride (Brazos Press), releasing October 12. When I signed up for the launch team, I was not sure what to expect. Certainly I did not expect such a profound emotional journey into deep places I have not visited for a long time. I cannot […]
Book Review: Freedom to Flourish
Recently I was gifted a copy of Freedom to Flourish by Elizabeth Garn in exchange for a review (honest of course). Elizabeth and I became friends through a group that connects women who have been to seminary. Our backgrounds and work are somewhat different but it is a joy to fellowship and especially to read […]
From Darkness to Triumph: A Book for Everyone
I tightened the reins on my family’s extra spending in January, saying, “We can’t go on any trips if we keep buying stuff at Amazon.” So of course, my husband let out an audible groan when I bought another Kindle book, From Darkness to Triumph by Anastasia Charalambakos. My first instinct when writing this review […]
Book Review: Loved Back to Life
In 1991, I attended a seminar at a large Christian gathering in Indianapolis. I was a deeply wounded adolescent asking questions too deep for an adolescent’s heart. My eyes were damaged by complications of premature birth, and I had lived for all of my life with only a small amount of vision. Just weeks before […]
Book Review: Replacement Child
My choice for reading during my most recent bout of down time was Judy Mandel’s Replacement Child . Published in March, 2013 by Seal Press, the book is a memoir about her family’s healing journey following the crash of American Airlines flight 6780 in Elizabeth, NJ, on January 22, 1952. The crash resulted in the […]