Silent Suffering
Silent Suffering

Author: Lauren Murphree

Publisher:

Published: 2022-01-24

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780578359458

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Chronic illness is a lonely and cruel journey. Lauren knows this firsthand in her own battle with lyme disease, which she was diagnosed with when she was nine years old. Join Lauren on a journey of healing and wholeness as she gets back to the basics of life, reflects on the lessons that have been learned, and rediscovers the heart of God amid suffering. Silent Suffering was written to help others heal. Lauren shares the different treatments she has done around the world, what has and hasn't worked for her, and how she has been healing from trauma. Lauren also shares how neuroplasticity has not only been healing her brain but also her body. There's a common theme weaved throughout the book that God has always been doing a deeper work than physical healing. It's a reminder that there is a God who's good beyond our belief, and that a life anchored in His love can still be lived amidst unfathomable suffering.

Black Suffering
Black Suffering

Author: James Henry Harris

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1506464394

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In Black Suffering, James Henry Harris explores the nexus of injustices, privations, and pains that contribute to the daily suffering seen and felt in the lives of Black folks. This suffering is so normalized in American life that it often goes unnoticed, unseen, and even--more often--purposely ignored. The reality of Black suffering is both omnipresent and complicated--both a reaction to and a result of the reality of white supremacy, its psychological and historical legacy, and its many insidious and fractured expressions within contemporary culture. Because Black suffering is so wholly disregarded, it must be named, discussed, and analyzed. Black Suffering articulates suffering as an everyday reality of Black life. Harris names suffering's many manifestations, both in history and in the present moment, and provides a unique portrait of the ways Black suffering has been understood by others. Drawing on decades of personal experience as a pastor, theologian, and educator, Harris gives voice to suffering's practical impact on church leaders as they seek to forge a path forward to address this huge and troubling issue. Black Suffering is both a mixtape and a call to consciousness, a work that identifies Black suffering, shines a light on the insidious normalization of the phenomenon, and begins a larger conversation about correcting the historical weight of suffering carried by Black people. The book combines elements of memoir, philosophy, historical analysis, literary criticism, sermonic discourse, and even creative nonfiction to present a "remix" of the suffering experienced daily by Black people.

Silent Suffering
Silent Suffering

Author: Steve Ellis

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1412054885

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Jane Collins was a confident intelligent English Teacher - until she was attacked as a warning. Her husband Matt was a dynamic media communications consultant for an international public relations agency - until the pressures piled up. Although they loved each other, she couldn't tell him about her ordeal. And he couldn't tell her about secret projects for companies and governments. They suffered in silence. Matt's boss, the PR agency's head of issue management, Peter Jones, is hired by big companies and repressive regimes to hide their terrible deeds. Together they help a giant US chemical company seek EU approval for a food preserving process - despite 22XP's link with cancer. Ignoring threats, they also help the President of the New Soviet Government cover-up "ethnic cleansing" of around half a million Muslims in Chechnya. In Silent Suffering we experience the inside of corporate corruption, state deception, mysterious murder and heart-wrenching love. We witness the lives of ordinary people turned into turmoil by global politics and multi-million dollar insider share dealing. Former journalist Steve Ellis writes with real insight into the hidden world of corporate culture, political intrigue and public relations "spin". His understanding of psychological trauma is intriguing - and disturbing.

Silent Suffering... Boundless Love
Silent Suffering... Boundless Love

Author: Rosalina Mesias

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-02-06

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1479746584

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Gloria is a woman of great faith and many dreams. Her life has been full of pain and sadness from her early years in Puerto Rico when she loses her loving father at five years of age. Providence guides her to an orphanage where she finds love and a family. She grows into a humble woman full of ambitions, but is derailed as she meets the love of her life, an alcoholic. From then on her life becomes a struggle for survival as she becomes a single mother of three children and has no support from the father. She dreams of a better life for herself and the children who suffer from malnutrition and other ailments. She also becomes sick and on the verge of dying, recovers and is able to make her dreams of a better life a reality, as she comes to America.

Silent Suffering
Silent Suffering

Author: Leslie Corbly

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2024-03-11

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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Each epoch of history brings stories of pain, triumph, oppression, freedom, purpose, suffering, grief, and joy. Silent Suffering explores the depths of the human experience through an exploration of the present moment, a time in which postmodern, progressive ideas reign as the societal benchmark for goodness, justice, beauty, and--ironically--truth. This poetic critique of progressive values invites the reader to doubt progressive dogma by critiquing the foundations of the progressive approach to morality and justice. The combination of social and cultural commentary pairs with traditional elements of classical poetry to immerse readers and listeners in the experience of modern nonconformists who silently suffer in the shadows of culture's ever evolving progressive doctrinal creeds. Throughout this critique, readers and listeners are called to ponder the mystery of the human experience, the call to faith in a godless era, and the eternal need for hope amidst the senseless suffering humanity inflicts upon itself.

Silence and Beauty
Silence and Beauty

Author: Makoto Fujimura

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0830894357

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Internationally renowned artist Makoto Fujimura reflects on Shusaku Endo's novel Silence and grapples with the nature of art, pain and culture. Showing that light is yet present in darkness, he uncovers deep layers of meaning in Japanese history and finds connections to how faith is lived in contexts of trauma.

Silent Violence
Silent Violence

Author: Vinay R. Kamat

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2013-12-05

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0816599203

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Silent Violence engages the harsh reality of malaria and its effects on marginalized communities in Tanzania. Vinay R. Kamat presents an ethnographic analysis of the shifting global discourses and practices surrounding malaria control and their impact on the people of Tanzania, especially mothers of children sickened by malaria. Malaria control, according to Kamat, has become increasingly medicalized, a trend that overemphasizes biomedical and pharmaceutical interventions while neglecting the social, political, and economic conditions he maintains are central to Africa’s malaria problem. Kamat offers recent findings on global health governance, neoliberal economic and health policies, and their impact on local communities. Seeking to link wider social, economic, and political forces to local experiences of sickness and suffering, Kamat analyzes the lived experiences and practices of people most seriously affected by malaria—infants and children. The persistence of childhood malaria is a form of structural violence, he contends, and the resultant social suffering in poor communities is closely tied to social inequalities. Silent Violence illustrates the evolving nature of local responses to the global discourse on malaria control. It advocates for the close study of disease treatment in poor communities as an integral component of global health funding. This ethnography combines a decade of fieldwork with critical review and a rare anthropological perspective on the limitations of the bureaucratic, technological, institutional, medical, and political practices that currently determine malaria interventions in Africa.

Abraham's Silence
Abraham's Silence

Author: J. Richard Middleton

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2021-11-16

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1493430882

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It is traditional to think we should praise Abraham for his willingness to sacrifice his son as proof of his love for God. But have we misread the point of the story? Is it possible that a careful reading of Genesis 22 could reveal that God was not pleased with Abraham's silent obedience? Widely respected biblical theologian, creative thinker, and public speaker J. Richard Middleton suggests we have misread and misapplied the story of the binding of Isaac and shows that God desires something other than silent obedience in difficult times. Middleton focuses on the ethical and theological problem of Abraham's silence and explores the rich biblical tradition of vigorous prayer, including the lament psalms, as a resource for faith. Middleton also examines the book of Job in terms of God validating Job's lament as "right speech," showing how the vocal Job provides an alternative to the silent Abraham. This book provides a fresh interpretation of Genesis 22 and reinforces the church's resurgent interest in lament as an appropriate response to God.