Scarred Hope (Revised Version Including Discussion Guide)
Scarred Hope (Revised Version Including Discussion Guide)

Author: Josh Ross

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-12

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13:

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This revision of our book includes a Discussion Guide. Our hope is that this addition will generate meaningful discussions among leadership teams, staffs, grief groups, women's groups, small groups, elderships, and families, and boards. Sarah Brooks wrote the accompanying Discussion Guide, and we think you're going to love it.Life is often like a game of cards; we're sometimes dealt a lousy hand. So, in life, it becomes a matter of what we're going to do with it. How are we going to choose to be faithful with the hand we've been dealt? We may not be able to control the outcome, but we can control how we choose to cling to hope, joy, adventure, and courage.A scar is a healed wound. Often, we don't ever let our wounds become scars because we keep picking at them. We don't give them time to properly heal. Yet, we believe that we're at our best when our scars become stories of redemption, hope, restoration, and courage.

Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope
Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope

Author: Joan Chittister

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 9780802812162

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Building on the biblical story of Jacob wrestling with God and on the story of her own battle with life-changing disappointment, Sister Joan Chittister deftly explores the landscape of suffering and hope, considering along the way such wide-ranging topics as consumerism, technology, grief, the role of women in the Catholic Church, and the events of September 11, 2001.

Scarred Faith
Scarred Faith

Author: Josh Ross

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1451688210

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Are you scarred? Tired of platitudes that don't heal your brokenness? Have you wondered if you're allowed to say things like, "God, this doesn't make any sense. Where are you?" Are you looking for the balance between honesty and faithfulness? This book is for you. Josh Ross lets you in on his own journey of grief as he discovers that faith is about experience, movement, and process. -- Publisher's description.

Scarred Hope
Scarred Hope

Author: Josh Ross

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-26

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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Life is often like a game of cards; we're sometimes dealt a lousy hand. So, in life, it becomes a matter of what we're going to do with it. How are we going to choose to be faithful with the hand we've been dealt? We may not be able to control the outcome, but we can control how we choose to cling to hope, joy, adventure, and courage.A scar is a healed wound. Often, we don't ever let our wounds become scars because we keep picking at them. We don't give them time to properly heal. Yet, we believe that we're at our best when our scars become stories of redemption, hope, restoration, and courage.

Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope
Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope

Author: Joan Chittister

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2005-03-15

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780802829740

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Building on the biblical story of Jacob wrestling with God and on the story of her own battle with life-changing disappointment, Sister Joan Chittister deftly explores the landscape of suffering and hope. (Practical Life)

Hope in the Dark
Hope in the Dark

Author: Craig Groeschel

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2018-08-21

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0310342961

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Can God be good when life is not? Rediscover faith in the character, power, and presence of God. Even in the questions. Even in the hurt. "I want to believe, I want to have hope, but . . ." Pastor and bestselling author Craig Groeschel hears these words often and has asked them himself. We want to know God, feel his presence, and trust that he hears our prayers, but in the midst of great pain, we may wonder if he really cares about us. Even when we have both hope and hurt, sometimes it's the hurt that shouts the loudest. In Hope in the Dark, Groeschel explores the story of the father who brought his demon-possessed son to Jesus, saying, "I believe! Help my unbelief!" In the man's sincere plea, Jesus heard the tension in the man's battle-scarred heart. He healed not only the boy but the father too, driving out the hopelessness that had overtaken him. He can do the same for us today. As Groeschel shares his pain surrounding the health challenges of his daughter, he acknowledges the questions we may ask in our own deepest pain: "Where was God when I was being abused?" "Why was my child born with a disability?" "Why did the cancer come back?" "Why are all my friends married and I'm alone?" He invites us to wrestle with such questions as we ask God to honor our faith and heal our unbelief. Because in the middle of your profound pain, you long for authentic words of understanding and hope. You long to know that even in overwhelming reality, you can still believe that God is good. Hope in the Dark is also available in Spanish, Esperanza en la Oscuridad.

Scars Like Wings
Scars Like Wings

Author: Erin Stewart

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1984848844

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Relatable, heartbreaking, and real, this is a story of resilience--the perfect novel for readers of powerful contemporary fiction like Girl in Pieces and Every Last Word. Before, I was a million things. Now I'm only one. The Burned Girl. Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face. She doesn't need a mirror to know what she looks like--she can see her reflection in the eyes of everyone around her. A year after the fire that destroyed her world, her aunt and uncle have decided she should go back to high school. Be "normal" again. Whatever that is. Ava knows better. There is no normal for someone like her. And forget making friends--no one wants to be seen with the Burned Girl, now or ever. But when Ava meets a fellow survivor named Piper, she begins to feel like maybe she doesn't have to face the nightmare alone. Sarcastic and blunt, Piper isn't afraid to push Ava out of her comfort zone. Piper introduces Ava to Asad, a boy who loves theater just as much as she does, and slowly, Ava tries to create a life again. Yet Piper is fighting her own battle, and soon Ava must decide if she's going to fade back into her scars . . . or let the people by her side help her fly. "A heartfelt and unflinching look at the reality of being a burn survivor and at the scars we all carry. This book is for everyone, burned or not, who has ever searched for a light in the darkness." --Stephanie Nielson, New York Times bestselling author of Heaven Is Here and a burn survivor

Scarred Beautiful
Scarred Beautiful

Author: Andrea Casteel Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-14

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781977249517

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Beauty and shame, jail and forgiveness. Andrea Smith was by all appearances living the perfect life, yet in an instant it all changed. Now, shame is her only company as she leaves her husband and children to check into the Pima County Jail of Tucson, Arizona, bringing to the forefront all the emotional and physical scars she has been hiding. From her first strip search to her final release, Andrea's honest, touching memoir offers a rare look into the lives of those who are behind bars. Scarred Beautiful eloquently chronicles her journey to find forgiveness and discover the good in tragedy and the beauty in her flaws as she learns to overcome shame and allow God to comfort her through the most unexpected people. And although her incarceration threatens to break her spirit, Andrea Smith emerges with a new perspective about what is most precious and cherished in her life. Her story is one of courage and faith...and the unlikely gift of adversity.

Scars Across Humanity
Scars Across Humanity

Author: Elaine Storkey

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0830887458

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Acts of violence against women produce more deaths, disability, and mutilation than cancer, malaria, and traffic accidents combined. How and why has this violence become so prevalent? Elaine Storkey offers a rigorously researched overview of this global pandemic, exploring how violence is structured into the very fabric of societies and cultures around the world.

Scarred Hero
Scarred Hero

Author: Hope Ford

Publisher: Hope Ford

Published:

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13:

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He doesn’t deserve love. She disagrees. I spent the last year of my life trying to get over my injuries and losing my friend. I knew I was destined to be alone and never even considered that I could have love in my future. And then I met Hope. She’s everything I’m not. She’s happy and sees the good everywhere. While I have seen the very worst in people and know what this world is capable of. I know she deserves more than me, a man scarred on the inside and out. But no matter how much I think I don’t deserve her, One kiss, one night has me wishing for more. The only question is can she look past my scars and see the man I am… the man I want to be? And will it be for one night… or forever?