7 results for tag: Book Reviews
Book Review: “Be Still My Soul”
Though not every portion of Be Still My Soul: Embracing God’s Purpose & Provisions in Suffering, edited by Nancy Guthrie struck a chord, I was glad I read this collection of essays and excerpts—finding some especially meaningful. As opposed to being a guide through grief or suffering, or tackling a particular aspect of suffering in depth, the range of authors and viewpoints collected in this book makes its scope rather broad. So, if you are looking to delve into further study about biblical topics surrounding suffering, and you’re not sure where or with what authors to start, you’ll likely find portions of this book you apprecia...
Book Review: “A Heart Set Free,” by Christina Fox
Melissa Kruger, who blogs at The Gospel Coalition, wrote this in the foreword of A Heart Set Free, by Christina Fox, concerning her struggle to reconcile feelings with the Christian faith: “Each time I tried to push [my emotions] down, they would pop back up in another form. In some ways, I found myself struggling with the fact that I had any negative emotions at all. Wasn’t I supposed to “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you”? (1 Thess. 5:16-18) Did this verse leave room for sorrow, fear, anxiety, or grief?” Kruger endorses Fox’s work as ...
Book Review: Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
Throughout many years of pastoral ministry, Timothy Keller and his wife Kathy, walked alongside countless individuals in the midst of suffering, and faced great suffering of their own. Through these experiences they came to realize that “the heart of why people disbelieve and believe in God, of why people decline and grown in character, of how God becomes less real and more real to us — is suffering.” (6)
Suffering is inevitable. No amount of planning and preparation can completely guard you from facing suffering in this life. In John 16:33 Jesus says, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. We ...
Book Review: “An Inheritance of Tears,” by Jessalyn Hutto
An Inheritance of Tears: Trusting the Lord of Life When Death Visits the Womb by Jessalyn Hutto, is a brief book of about 100 pages packed with Scriptural, gospel-centered perspective for women who have experienced baby loss. In five chapters, Hutto takes us through theology for death and suffering as a woman who is, sorrowfully, very familiar with baby loss due to miscarriage.
Our Limited Understanding
Hutto acknowledges that when we have experienced something so traumatic in our lives, our minds tend to want to fill the gap in understanding, meaning we seek to grasp the reasons and purposes God had in mind in not preventing our losses. We ...
Book Review: “Lord Willing?” by Jessica Kelley
Recently, Lord Willing?, by Jessica Kelley came to the attention of women in our Hope Mommies private Facebook group. We are so thankful this group is a place for discussion and sharing of our ideas and journeys. Our shared Hope Mommies group has been founded upon a set of beliefs about the character and ways of God. So, when appropriate, we want to carefully provide a review for you of material introduced to our group that we consider outside of the scope of the Biblical beliefs this organization was founded on.
Here, we extend to the author of Lord Willing? our own tears and sorrow over the loss of her dear son, saddened by the trauma that she, ...
Hope Mommies Publication Release: “Anchored,” by Erin Cushman
"Anchored," by Erin Cushman is now released! Today, we celebrate what God has done in faithfulness through Erin, those who contributed their Hope Babies' stories to each chapter, those who financially partnered with Hope Mommies to make this publication possible, and those who have supported this effort in other ways! Whether you are familiar with "Anchored" or just "tuning in," we want to give you an opportunity to hear from Erin today about this book and also to enter our giveaway of two copies at the end of this post! Also, watch our social media pages, as we will be running a series of quotes from this publication and another giveaway of ...
Book Review: C.S. Lewis’ “A Grief Observed”
All griefs are different.
When I first started to read Lewis’ A Grief Observed, I was perhaps two weeks, at most, into grieving my stillborn daughter, Noelle. Stillborn -- I hate that it is a necessary word to describe something that happens in this world. And there are more words and phrases that I hate along with it that have become a necessary addition to my everyday repertoire since working more closely with Hope Mommies, miscarriage and infant loss among them.
I do not write that bitterly. I write it truthfully (and humbly for that matter, considering the sin of my own human race brought death into this world).
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