Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts Reflections of a Hospital Chaplain - Tenbrook, Gretchen (Taylor and Francis, 2014)
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. And a Child Shall Lead Them; 2. Beyond Pity; 3. Redeemed by Grace; 4. Divine Identity; 5. Learning to Be; 6. Homecoming; 7. Letting Go to Keep from Falling Apart; 8. Fertile Ground; 9. Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit; 10. Not Religious, but Real; 11. The Man Without a Nose; 12. Called to Wait; 13. Recollection; 14. Faces of Grief; 15. Mutual Healing; 16. Free to Die; 17. Light Shines in the Darkness; 18. Good-bye, Grandmère; 19. Addicted to Pain; 20. A Time for Everything
21. God's Poster Child22. A Longing for Companionship; 23. Living in Love; 24. Looking Back Through New Lenses; 25. Always in Process; 26. At a Distance; 27. Another Side of Me; 28. To Be in Relationship Again; 29. Necessary Friction; 30. Empty Before God; 31. Comfort in Death and in Life; 32. Home for the Holiday; 33. Everybody's Savior; 34. And God Was in It All; 35. Pink Pajamas in Heaven
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 d