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Faith Trust Gratitude and Cancer

Author : Caroline Bernardi
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504303369
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Faith Trust Gratitude and Cancer written by Caroline Bernardi and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sitting in her car after work waiting to pick up her children, a thought pierced author Caroline Bernardis brain: I think Ive got cancer. It had no reason to invade her thoughts. Where the hell did that come from? With no symptoms other than knowing, she visited three different doctors and over various appointments, they assured Caroline she was well; she thought she was going mad. She dared not tell any of her friends because she was the capable one, the rock, the shoulder to cry on as Caroline had needed to be since the age of ten. Six months after this intrusive thought, she was diagnosed with at least stage IIIB inoperable lung cancer and was given less than a 5% chance of survival. The methodical, logical and confident woman vanished and the impact of the news brought Caroline to her knees. Faith Trust Gratitude and Cancer shares how this wife and mother of two, embraced the medical, mind, body and spirit. Being true to herself, Caroline found her own path and used it to navigate her way through one of lifes most ferocious storms. This is not a story about what to do when you have cancer, its about finding your own truth and your own way through the pain that illness and emotion can bring. This is a guide book that we can all benefit from in difficult times. Let it help you to be aware of mind, body, and spirit. Bernie Siegel, MD, and New York Times Best-Selling Author, A Book of Miracles and The Art of Healing

Cope by Faith

Author : Natalie Hamrick, Ph.D.
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1467058742
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Cope by Faith written by Natalie Hamrick, Ph.D. and published by Author House. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ready to step by faith to get through cancer? Join Life Coach Dr. Natalie Hamrick in the journey that can change your life: partnering with God to not only get through but triumph from cancer. It does not matter whether your cancer diagnosis was today or years ago, working through this book as a self-study or with a group will inspire you. Cope by Faith is designed to help you: ? Trust God to handle things beyond your control ? Work through any self-blame and anger at others or God ? Determine how God is growing you ? Find the peace that is waiting for you ? Live your life according to your priorities ? Discover the strength that only comes from true faith in God’s healing love Cope by Faith filled a void by providing something secular support groups do not provide. A life-threatening event such as cancer is really a spiritual event and Cope by Faith inspires people to step back and trust in God to find hope, strength and peace. - Maria Staiano, 5-Year Cancer Survivor Cope by Faith is the first of its kind to enlist religious and spiritual truths as a catalyst for survivorship and healing from the ravages of cancer. Dr. Natalie Hamrick uses her skills as a Psychologist and her Christian faith to tap spiritual and religious resources as a means for cancer survivors to defend against the impositions of fear and worry so common with this disease. With this step by step, facilitated, group-based program, she has armed cancer survivors with the religiously accurate and psychologically sound means to maintain a healthy approach to living – with faith, a sense of God-given dominion and spiritual acceptance as a pathway to peace. – Jane Mather, MS, BCC, Director of Spiritual Care Services at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital

Chemo P!ssed Me Off: A Breast Cancer Roadmap: Navigating with Faith, Gratitude, and a Little Bit of Attitude

Author : Carol Wyllie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736728109
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Chemo P!ssed Me Off: A Breast Cancer Roadmap: Navigating with Faith, Gratitude, and a Little Bit of Attitude by : Carol Wyllie

Download or read book Chemo P!ssed Me Off: A Breast Cancer Roadmap: Navigating with Faith, Gratitude, and a Little Bit of Attitude written by Carol Wyllie and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a path to hope and healing while navigating a breast cancer diagnosis. Through relatable anecdotes, coping tricks and personal reflection, Chemo P!ssed Me Off offers invaluable insight, encouragement and a few laughs for anyone going through cancer or any of life's challenges.This humorous approach to navigating some dark and devastating times not only lightens the burden of the cancer journey but demonstrates how to turn it into an opportunity for growth. Chemo P!ssed Me Off is raw, real and funny as it takes you on the road to finding gratitude in the worst of times and cherishing every moment.

Love Trust Gratitude Healing

Author : Michael McDaeth
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Love Trust Gratitude Healing written by Michael McDaeth and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You are going to fight this?" "You're a warrior you can beat it." "It's going to be a battle but you'll come out the victor." I don't how many times someone has tried to encourage me with some version of the above statements. On the surface it sounds heroic to cast us as warriors, but describing our struggle with cancer as a fight, a battle, a war, doesn't give much insight into the experience and leaves only two possible outcomes: victory or defeat. What does this reveal of our encounter with cancer? Over the course of our illness we may reach levels of love and redemption we never experienced before. Can we love with all our might through this? Embrace the feeling that we have never wanted to live more. Marvel at how strong we are, surprisingly strong, incredible strong! Love is the only unlimited resource in the universe and it not war is the source of our healing.On an early spring morning Michael got out of bed and to his shock and dismay tumbled to the floor. He lost the ability to walk overnight. A few days later he found out the cause was a cancerous tumor compressing his spinal cord. Suddenly he faced the daunting tasks of dealing with his mortality, hoping to live on despite having an incurable cancer, and learning to walk again.Love Trust Gratitude Healing: Turning a Battle into a Dance and making Peace with Cancer chronicles Michael's journey through the ups and downs of his cancer treatments and how changing the metaphor for cancer from War to Dance changed the experience itself. He shares the surprising revelations, insights, experiences and gifts he received along the way and how they were instrumental in helping him heal spiritually and emotionally even when he was struggling to heal physically. This book is for those who are going through a major confrontation like cancer (this could include the covid-19 pandemic) how they can use the insights and simple exercises developed here in dealing with their own crisis giving them a better chance of healing physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Chemo Pissed Me Off

Author : Carol Wyllie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736728123
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Chemo Pissed Me Off written by Carol Wyllie and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sacred Awakening: Healing on My Journey of Cancer Through Faith, Family and Gratitude

Author : Amber Rae Strong
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781797733739
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (337 download)

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Book Synopsis Sacred Awakening: Healing on My Journey of Cancer Through Faith, Family and Gratitude by : Amber Rae Strong

Download or read book Sacred Awakening: Healing on My Journey of Cancer Through Faith, Family and Gratitude written by Amber Rae Strong and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-06-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December of 2013, at the age of 29, Amber Rae Strong was diagnosed with Stage III Colon Cancer. In the year that followed - she braved through twelve exhausting rounds of chemotherapy, depression, financial strain and the trials of being a single mother while also attending University. Through the process of journaling and daily gratitude, Strong discovered the power of love to transcend unfathomable pain. Day by day, she shifted her cancer diagnosis from being rooted in fear to anchored in self-love and forgiveness. Sacred Awakening is a personal collection of Strong's journal entries and public blog posts, portraying an intimate first person account of seeking gratitude through harrowing circumstance. Readers are transported to a vulnerable place of raw emotion and truth as they embark upon Strong's personal journey of healing. May Sacred Awakening uplift and inspire its readers, reminding us of the strength that lies within us all.

Embraced by God

Author : Steve Givens
Publisher : Twenty-Third Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781585957859
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Embraced by God written by Steve Givens and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who hears the dreaded word "chemotherapy" naturally experiences feelings of fear and apprehension. For Steve Givens that one word was the beginning of a new chapter in his life, one that would change him in profound ways. He believes that a brotherhood and sisterhood exists between those who have battled a chronic disease or undergone chemotherapy. They know one another's pain, numbness, and exhaustion. They smile at one another when they meet in the ahllways or while blood is drawn because they can relate and because they know. And here he shares his story with "kin," those who, like him, have no choice but acceptance. He still experiences times of pain, sickness, confusion, and sadness on his journey to wellness, but he also feels renewed and reborn spiritually. Here he reveals that he has chosen the way of faith and God because he knows of no other way that brings peace and gives him a reason to go on. He has opted to embrace his disease and its treatment--but not by himself alone. As he says, "My arms are not big enough or strong enough for the battle." He believes, however, that they arms of God are big enough to encircle him and his disease. This is a beautifully told story of struggle and pain, but ultimately of peace and acceptance, a wonderful resource for all who are facing chronic illness and its treatment.

My Faith Sparkles

Author : Amy Luscher Smith
Publisher : Silver Linings Media
ISBN 13 : 9781948238106
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book My Faith Sparkles written by Amy Luscher Smith and published by Silver Linings Media. This book was released on 2019-04-20 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much does life change when you're confronted with how very fragile it can be?When Amy Luscher Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer, she wondered how she would make time in her busy life after the word "cancer" was whispered. In the aftermath of treatment and personal transformation, Amy shares how she adapted to surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, recovery, and, ultimately, her new identity as a cancer survivor. Amy was raised Baptist with a strong faith in God, and her everyday life was a life in which prayer, faith, and trust in God had never failed her. More than a cancer memoir, My Faith Sparkles is Amy's story about her struggle to keep faith when God seemed conspicuously distant. Her faith always sparkles, but there were days when she struggled to cling to the kind of hope that can't be found in this world alone. Amy shares a two-year path of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, including her reflection on: *The diagnosis of HER2-positive breast cancer*Lumpectomy versus mastectomy*Talking to her children about cancer*Overcoming the fear of death*Using breast cancer statistics and research*Managing cancer treatment*Chemotherapy side effects and port placement*Radiation therapy and side effects*Living with cancer and accepting cancer support*Remission*Becoming a cancer survivor. Encouragement in a Dark World In her conversational, revealing, and often humorous style, Amy shares what her diagnosis and treatment were really like; her struggles along the way; and, finally, where she found encouragement through her faith, which made all the difference. A powerful book for: *Newly diagnosed cancer patients*Family members of cancer patients*Cancer care professionals and oncology support providers*Supporters of cancer survivors*Cancer support group leaders*Anyone directing a ministry of encouragement.When cancer happens, knowledge, support and hope are the best medicine. If you're looking for a friend to walk alongside you on this challenging journey, My Faith Sparkles is the book you'll want on your nightstand for those late-night moments of doubt. Join Amy and choose hope in the face of cancer. Let your faith sparkle.

On Death

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143135376
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book On Death written by Timothy Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author and pastor Timothy Keller, a book about facing the death of loved ones, as well as our own inevitable death Significant events such as birth, marriage, and death are milestones in our lives in which we experience our greatest happiness and our deepest grief. And so it is profoundly important to understand how to approach and experience these occasions with grace, endurance, and joy. In a culture that does its best to deny death, Timothy Keller--theologian and bestselling author--teaches us about facing death with the resources of faith from the Bible. With wisdom and compassion, Keller finds in the Bible an alternative to both despair or denial. A short, powerful book, On Death gives us the tools to understand the meaning of death within God's vision of life.

What Matters Most

Author : Ryan Hagen
Publisher : Bookbaby
ISBN 13 : 9781667839363
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book What Matters Most written by Ryan Hagen and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have taught and coached young adults now for over 17 years in the public-school system. During my career, I've come to realize that kids today are growing up in uncertain and confusing times, and I for one wouldn't want to trade places with them. In today's world, there is a great need of positive influences and role-models in the lives of children, especially in the lives of young adults who are searching for answers to life's biggest questions. In search of those answers, far too many kids today are looking in the wrong places. They are looking to numerous social media outlets, to celebrities, to athletes, and to pop culture. Often kids today aren't even asking themselves the right questions, the questions that lead to truth, real love, real meaning, and peace and fulfillment in life. In our ever-increasing secular world, many young adults are not looking to God and Faith for life's meaning and purpose. Many do not grow up in any kind of religious household and sadly are never really exposed to the truth, love, and meaning that only a relationship with God so generously provides. Polls among teens today show that they are increasingly unhappy, and this is occurring today while kids are growing up with more wealth and amenities than generations before. Most children today are educated in public schools where any mention of God, specifically Christ, is outlawed. For the students that do attend weekly religious education classes during the school year, the vast majority are hardly interested, and see it only as something they must put up with until they are freed from their parents' reigns. Although that is true, in essence, young adults today are not any different from young adults during any other time. They still want to love and be loved. They still want to find their place in the world. They still look to their surroundings for affirmation and for meaning in life. Too often, they end up uncertain about their future and purpose while a relationship with God is frequently absent. I wrote this book in an attempt to share my story of going through cancer and re-evaluating my life and relationship with God. Through this process, I decided to become a teacher in part to share my faith and on pass on lessons of gratitude and wisdom. I hope that the book can help young adults and anyone of any age to find in their lives a greater meaning and purpose, which of course cannot be thoroughly found without God. Going through cancer at a young age has made me realize how fragile life can be. I've realized how dependent upon God we are for everything, whether we realize it or not. As a cancer survivor I've realized the importance of gratitude. I learned to love and cherish my Catholic faith and my experience surviving illness has strengthened my faith and trust in the mercy and love of God. After going through cancer, I began to realize more fully God's presence in my life and began to live my life in a more deliberate way. In doing so, I have gained gratitude and wisdom that I feel would help today's generation. In more fully embracing my Catholic faith, a love for our Blessed Mother has granted me a peace like no other especially in my visit to Lourdes and Fatima, but also in my encounter with Saint Bernadette. I've always felt that in reading a book, if I could take one insight from reading it, that it would be well worth my time. In that respect, I hope that readers will find a few lessons of gratitude, wisdom, or even a story that may stay with them long after they have put the book down.

Don't Waste Your Cancer

Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433523337
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Don't Waste Your Cancer written by John Piper and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are we as Christians called to respond when cancer invades our lives, whether our own bodies or those of our friends and family? On the eve of his own cancer surgery, John Piper writes about cancer as an opportunity to glorify God. With pastoral sensitivity, compassion, and strength, Piper gently but firmly acknowledges that we can indeed waste our cancer when we don’t see how it is God’s good plan for us and a hope-filled path for making much of Jesus. Don’t Waste Your Cancer is for anyone touched by a life-threatening illness. It first appeared as an appendix in Suffering and the Sovereignty of God. Repackaged and republished, it will serve as a hope-giving resource for healthcare workers, pastors, counselors, and others caring for those with cancer and other serious illnesses. The booklets are also available in packs of ten.

When God & Cancer Meet

Author : Lynn Eib
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780842370158
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book When God & Cancer Meet written by Lynn Eib and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of powerful stories about cancer patients and their families who have been touched by God in miraculous ways—some in their bodies, others in their minds, all in their spirits—offers inspiring testimony that, when God and cancer meet, cancer is conquered. The author, herself a cancer survivor, gives us a behind-the-scenes glimpse of 18 personal encounters with God. Here's what others are saying about When God & Cancer Meet: “Lynn has captured the essence of hope in this book; captured hope in ways that I have always taught in my professional world as well as in my spiritual community. This book is a treasure to those who struggle with the fears of cancer and I want to keep it close at hand for those reasons.” —Judy Lentz, RN, MSN, OCN, NHA Executive Director, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association “I co-lead a cancer support group at my church, and we have been looking for “just the right book” to study and discuss. Guess what?! Lyn wrote it! I was truly touched by all the stories; of course being a cancer-survivor myself, I saw myself in one of the stories, as if Lyn were writing my own personal story. I was truly impressed with the way she incorporated scripture, and God's viewpoint into every story. I think that is of utmost importance for anyone facing this disease. Lyn's book is “Real-Life”; some quickly are healed of the cancer, some deal with it over a prolonged period, some deal with recurrences, some, mercifully, die rather quickly. I share Lyn's belief that GOD sometimes chooses to heal in different ways: physically, emotionally and spiritually. In the process of surviving a primary brain tumor, surgery, Chemo, and radiation, I gave my life to Christ, realizing that my physical health was not GOD's main concern, my Spiritual health was the biggest victim of a disease that needed attention and this was the way He FINALLY got my attention. Lyn's book alludes to this fact in every one of her stories. In this day and age that we are living, where it is against the rules to even mention GOD ( unless we mention His name in vain) it is refreshing to have a book written, praising Him for His care and concern for us; written by a woman who has experienced the disease firsthand, and continues to minister to others with cancer, and to work for a Doctor! who isn't ashamed of his Faith ! WOW!! Obviously, Lyn's book has my highest reccomendation, and my support group will be purchasing multple copies, and we plan to invite Lyn to speak with us. Lyn is a wonderful person, and I thank God for allowing our paths to cross. I'm sure this book will touch many lives,and give many a new perspective and hope with their cancer.” —Chris Winand, cancer survivor

Gratitude and Trust

Author : Paul Williams
Publisher : Blue Rider Press
ISBN 13 : 0399167196
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Gratitude and Trust written by Paul Williams and published by Blue Rider Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A self-help book detailing how non-addicts can use the classic 12-step recovery process to enrich their lives"--

Rejoicing in Lament

Author : J. Todd Billings
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1441222901
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Rejoicing in Lament written by J. Todd Billings and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of thirty-nine, Christian theologian Todd Billings was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable cancer. In the wake of that diagnosis, he began grappling with the hard theological questions we face in the midst of crisis: Why me? Why now? Where is God in all of this? This eloquently written book shares Billings's journey, struggle, and reflections on providence, lament, and life in Christ in light of his illness, moving beyond pat answers toward hope in God's promises. Theologically robust yet eminently practical, it engages the open questions, areas of mystery, and times of disorientation in the Christian life. Billings offers concrete examples through autobiography, cultural commentary, and stories from others, showing how our human stories of joy and grief can be incorporated into the larger biblical story of God's saving work in Christ.

Treating Cancer with Herbs

Author : Michael Tierra
Publisher : Lotus Press
ISBN 13 : 0914955934
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Treating Cancer with Herbs written by Michael Tierra and published by Lotus Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete systematic approach to treating cancer from a holistic perspective.

You Better Be Lightning

Author : Andrea Gibson
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1638340161
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book You Better Be Lightning written by Andrea Gibson and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner 2022 Over the Rainbow Short List 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist 2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection. The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between. One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark honesty and vulnerability are on full display in You Better Be Lightning, welcoming and inviting readers to be just as they are.

Everything Happens for a Reason

Author : Kate Bowler
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0399592075
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Everything Happens for a Reason written by Kate Bowler and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A meditation on sense-making when there’s no sense to be made, on letting go when we can’t hold on, and on being unafraid even when we’re terrified.”—Lucy Kalanithi “Belongs on the shelf alongside other terrific books about this difficult subject, like Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air and Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal.”—Bill Gates NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God’s disapproval. At thirty-five, everything in her life seems to point toward “blessing.” She is thriving in her job, married to her high school sweetheart, and loves life with her newborn son. Then she is diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. The prospect of her own mortality forces Kate to realize that she has been tacitly subscribing to the prosperity gospel, living with the conviction that she can control the shape of her life with “a surge of determination.” Even as this type of Christianity celebrates the American can-do spirit, it implies that if you “can’t do” and succumb to illness or misfortune, you are a failure. Kate is very sick, and no amount of positive thinking will shrink her tumors. What does it mean to die, she wonders, in a society that insists everything happens for a reason? Kate is stripped of this certainty only to discover that without it, life is hard but beautiful in a way it never has been before. Frank and funny, dark and wise, Kate Bowler pulls the reader deeply into her life in an account she populates affectionately with a colorful, often hilarious retinue of friends, mega-church preachers, relatives, and doctors. Everything Happens for a Reason tells her story, offering up her irreverent, hard-won observations on dying and the ways it has taught her to live. Praise for Everything Happens for a Reason “I fell hard and fast for Kate Bowler. Her writing is naked, elegant, and gripping—she’s like a Christian Joan Didion. I left Kate’s story feeling more present, more grateful, and a hell of a lot less alone. And what else is art for?”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and president of Together Rising