Cancer and Faith: Reflections on Living with a Terminal Illness

Description: At 53, writer John Carmody found himself sentenced to death of incurable bone cancer within three years. In this paperback, he shares his feelings, fears, hopes, and spiritual insights. On one day, Carmody is uncomfortable being a burden to his wife and others. The next day, he revels in "the intensity death brings, the ruthless excision of nonessentials." He's drawn much closer to the Jesus who wept over Jerusalem and the man who suffered excruciating pain on the cross. Cancer tutors him in body awareness, patience, and abandonment to God. Carmody's thoughts about the church, higher education, and medicine are soberin ... (more)

Manufacturer: Twenty-Third Publications
Release date: 9 March 1994
ISBN-10 : 0896225941 | ISBN-13: 9780896225947

Tags: Death (1), Faith (1), Christianity (1), Illness (1), Spirit (1), Healing (1), Emotions (1), Patience (1), SnP (1), Health/Wellness (1), Health And Healing (1)

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