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Irreverent prayers : talking to God when you're seriously sick / Elizabeth Felicetti, Samantha Vincent-Alexander.

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"A candid prayerbook for those suffering from serious illness"-- Provided by publisher.
"Two pastors share their experiences with serious illness-and their candid, darkly humorous prayers for making it through. Samantha Vincent-Alexander almost died from a septic leg infection. Elizabeth Felicetti underwent aggressive treatment for both breast and lung cancer in the space of a few months-and then the cancer came back. As Episcopal priests, they know well the typical prayers offered in times like these. But when you're seriously sick, you need more than psalms and sentimentality. You need to tell God how you really feel. With vulnerability and wry humor, Felicetti and Vincent-Alexander share the prayers they wish they had when they were ill: thanksgiving for one-size-fits-all hospital underwear, curses against Tylenol, frustrated appeals when well-wishers call you brave or inspiring. At once faithful and brutally honest, these prayers offer readers a more candid way of communicating with the God who understands human suffering with an incarnational intimacy. Talking to God when you're fighting serious illness can feel impossible. But God can bear our doubt, anger, anxiety, and grief. This unconventional prayerbook helps readers access a deeper relationship with God in raw times-and offers them a place of solidarity and spiritual rest"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802882639
  • ISBN: 0802882633
  • Physical Description: xii, 161 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024.

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Formatted Contents Note:
Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents Introduction -- One Sick Story: Breasts and Breath -- Another Sick Story: In the ICU with the Desert Mothers -- 1. Pain and Anger -- 2. Blood and Breath -- 3. Waiting, Wandering, and Wondering -- 4. Hospitals -- 5. Well-Wishers and Caregivers -- 6. Aftermath -- 7. Relapse -- Acknowledgments.
Subject: Sick > Prayers and devotions.
Healing > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Guérison > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION / Prayerbooks / Christian.
RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth.

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