"We all need to be knit back together-individually and corporately. And we need to receive the healing love of God in order for both personal and social healing to happen. Drawing on the biblical stories of the Jesus' healing of the bleeding woman and Jairus, To Be Made Well opens up the transformative power of God's healing love for our personal lives and for our society and offers a pathway to accessing the healing that can only come from outside ourselves"-- Provided by publisher. "How can we be made well? From hurting bodies and souls to hurting relationships and communities, it's clear that things are not as they should be. Some of us live with varying degrees of physical pain, and others of us harbor the emotional pain of loneliness, shame, and guilt. Looking at our culture more broadly, we see the harm of our social divisions and the unyielding reality and impact of injustice and inequity. The gospels brim with stories of Jesus healing people, but what does that mean for us today? In To Be Made Well, author Amy Julia Becker weaves together her own story with reflections on biblical accounts of Jesus' healing work, providing fresh insight into both the nature of healing and the pathway to healing, then and now. This book is a powerful invitation to personal, spiritual, and social healing as we reconnect to our bodies and souls, to God, and to our communities. For anyone struggling with pain or loss, for anyone concerned about the things that divide us, this book goes beyond wellness and beyond miraculous physical transformations to explore how we can-personally and collectively-be made well. "-- Provided by publisher.
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