When hard times strike, we look forward with longing to the day when we will "get over" the event and have closure. This is a difficult--often impossible--road to travel. There are some things in life that we must learn to live with because they will never truly go away for good. Despite that truth, there is life--rewarding and abundant life--after heartache and pain.
John F. Westfall leads readers beyond their hurts and into a life of confidence, freedom, and secure joy. Sharing stories with wisdom, humor, and vulnerability, he shows how to move forward beyond fear, regret, guilt, anger, and bitterness into a life worth living.
From Booklist
Westfall has an alternative for those grappling with the “rub some dirt on it” approach to dealing with pain and heartache. Rather than suffer the dual insult of a painful experience and the inability to get over it, he suggests that we become comfortable with the permanence of our wounds in order to truly come to terms with them. The founding pastor of Seattle’s Harbor Church, Westfall walks readers through discussions on fear, bitterness, and other negative emotions that bind us to past angst, in an easy, approachable manner. He draws upon a host of personal experiences culled from his own life and those of his family members and friends to paint intimate portraits of how life’s hurts and disappointments can stymie us, and how to make peace with them. Westfall is always careful to draw the reader’s attention back to scripture and its usefulness in emotional problem solving, but he does so in a way that won’t scare off more secular readers. For those seeking a gentle, faith-based approach to coping with trauma, this volume is just the thing. --Taina Lagodzinski
Review
"Westfall has an alternative for those wrestling with a "rub some dirt on it" approach to pain and heartache. He suggests we get comfortable with the permanence of our wounds, in order to truly come to terms with them. Westfall walks readers through discussions on negative emotions that bind us to past angst, in an easy, approachable manner. He draws upon a host of personal experiences to paint intimate portraits of how life's hurts and disappointments can stymie us, and how to make peace with them. For those coping with trauma, this volume is just the thing."
Description:
When hard times strike, we look forward with longing to the day when we will "get over" the event and have closure. This is a difficult--often impossible--road to travel. There are some things in life that we must learn to live with because they will never truly go away for good. Despite that truth, there is life--rewarding and abundant life--after heartache and pain.
John F. Westfall leads readers beyond their hurts and into a life of confidence, freedom, and secure joy. Sharing stories with wisdom, humor, and vulnerability, he shows how to move forward beyond fear, regret, guilt, anger, and bitterness into a life worth living.
From Booklist
Westfall has an alternative for those grappling with the “rub some dirt on it” approach to dealing with pain and heartache. Rather than suffer the dual insult of a painful experience and the inability to get over it, he suggests that we become comfortable with the permanence of our wounds in order to truly come to terms with them. The founding pastor of Seattle’s Harbor Church, Westfall walks readers through discussions on fear, bitterness, and other negative emotions that bind us to past angst, in an easy, approachable manner. He draws upon a host of personal experiences culled from his own life and those of his family members and friends to paint intimate portraits of how life’s hurts and disappointments can stymie us, and how to make peace with them. Westfall is always careful to draw the reader’s attention back to scripture and its usefulness in emotional problem solving, but he does so in a way that won’t scare off more secular readers. For those seeking a gentle, faith-based approach to coping with trauma, this volume is just the thing. --Taina Lagodzinski
Review
"Westfall has an alternative for those wrestling with a "rub some dirt on it" approach to pain and heartache. He suggests we get comfortable with the permanence of our wounds, in order to truly come to terms with them. Westfall walks readers through discussions on negative emotions that bind us to past angst, in an easy, approachable manner. He draws upon a host of personal experiences to paint intimate portraits of how life's hurts and disappointments can stymie us, and how to make peace with them. For those coping with trauma, this volume is just the thing."
BOOKLIST Oct 15, 2012