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To Be Made Well: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope
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.
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.
180 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 2022
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Amy Julia Becker
18 books55 followersAmy Julia Becker is the author of To Be Made Well: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope, which releases in March 2022. She is also the author of White Picket Fences: Turning toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege (2018), Small Talk: Learning From My Children About What Matters Most (2014), and A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations and a Little Girl Named Penny (2011). A graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary, her essays about personal, social, and spiritual healing have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Christianity Today, and more. She is a big fan of frozen yogurt, her Ember mug, and hiking in the nearby woods with her family. Amy Julia lives with her husband and three children in western Connecticut.
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March 15, 2022
I finished To Be Made Well less than a week ago and already want to go back and reread it. It's a beautiful, rich, and encouraging book, written by a mature believer who has obviously done her own spiritual work.
Becker's belief is that Jesus brings healing to those who admit their need and that part of the healing is being restored to community. She writes on physical healing, as that's part of her story, but also the deeper healing of our souls. "Healing is about underscoring the deep affection, ongoing care, and ever-lasting love that God has for each of us." And "The only way healing happens is if the love goes deeper than the wound."
Along the way, she debunks several unhelpful Christian beliefs, including that if healing doesn't come, it's due to lack of faith.
My only wish is that Becker had gone deeper into the painful reality that some of us face. I've had chronic health issues for 21 years now. I've confessed my sin, repented, changed my lifestyle and my diet, clung to Jesus, admitted my need, etc., etc. Though there has been a much deeper inner healing along the way, there's still a distinct hurt and aloneness (along with moments of despair) that people like me experience. It's not that the author does not realize this, she does touch on it, but I wish she had devoted a few pages (or an entire chapter!) to it. I highly recommend To Be Made Well and am grateful to Amy Julia for writing it.
Becker's belief is that Jesus brings healing to those who admit their need and that part of the healing is being restored to community. She writes on physical healing, as that's part of her story, but also the deeper healing of our souls. "Healing is about underscoring the deep affection, ongoing care, and ever-lasting love that God has for each of us." And "The only way healing happens is if the love goes deeper than the wound."
Along the way, she debunks several unhelpful Christian beliefs, including that if healing doesn't come, it's due to lack of faith.
My only wish is that Becker had gone deeper into the painful reality that some of us face. I've had chronic health issues for 21 years now. I've confessed my sin, repented, changed my lifestyle and my diet, clung to Jesus, admitted my need, etc., etc. Though there has been a much deeper inner healing along the way, there's still a distinct hurt and aloneness (along with moments of despair) that people like me experience. It's not that the author does not realize this, she does touch on it, but I wish she had devoted a few pages (or an entire chapter!) to it. I highly recommend To Be Made Well and am grateful to Amy Julia for writing it.
February 12, 2022
Becker provides unique insights on the body-mind-spirit connection, and pathways to discover it. This book is really about both personal and community-based whole healing, with love at the heart. In today's climate, we need this book, because Becker addresses the injustice, shame, and distraction in our culture that currently prevents us from healing. As readers, we are all invited to heal and love, and shown ways of how to enact this healing. I was reminded that healing can happen, but it’s not always quick, and it can come amidst pain and ongoing questions. Becker's stories are vulnerable, open, and beautifully honest. It was an honor to read her innermost, intimate thoughts. Many times I had to pause to fully appreciate her personal story, and to process it. By engaging with the book in this way, I had to process it for myself, in ways it struck the pain and struggles that the writing caused me to confront. One of my hugest take-aways was how Becker illustrated the sentiment of, "You don’t have to have the whole thing figured out for the healing to begin. You need to acknowledge the source of the pain." This book is about our full humanity— mind, body, and spirit, and the restoration that is possible, for our individual bodies, for our souls, and for our community. This is not a quick fix-- it's a spiritual restoration, based on love, justice for all, and healing through shared experiences.
March 25, 2022
I finished this book last week and am still thinking about it! I love Amy Julia Becker’s writing style and greatly appreciate her tying everything to scripture.
March 9, 2022
Amy Julia Becker offers a thoughtful and beautifully-written exploration of holistic healing (body, mind, spirit) in its various forms: personal, spiritual and communal. Becker’s wise and encouraging voice invites us to consider the concept of shalom — God’s desire for our peace, harmony and wholeness — for ourselves and the world around us.
This is the third book I have had the pleasure of reading by Becker and it didn’t disappoint. She shares many personal stories and I appreciate her honesty and vulnerability. Her writing is compelling and relatable, and she offers a winning combination of excellent analysis along with a gracious spirit. The depth and breadth of her exploration is impressive and scripture is woven throughout the book. She draws upon the wisdom of writers, experts and scholars of many stripes: Henry Nouwen, Bessel van Der Kolk, Flannery O’Connor and Barbara Brown Taylor each make an appearance in these pages.
The book is divided into three sections: 1.) The Nature of Healing 2.) Barriers to Healing 3.) Participation in Healing. Some of my favorite themes were:
— God as a loving parent and our belovedness: “Healing is about underscoring the deep affection, ongoing care, and ever-lasting love that God has for each of us.”
— the healing power of community: she offers faith communities, support / Twelve Step groups and friendships as examples in which social connection and honest, open relationships can restore us to wholeness.
— Barriers to healing: she devotes separate chapters to the barriers of distraction, shame and anxiety and offers helpful and thoughtful reflections
— the need to come to God with our full bodies, in addition to mind and spirit
— healing is available to *all*: to the powerful and powerless; able-bodied and disabled; etc. She writes: “Jesus’ healing is for the whole of humanity, from the poorest woman to the richest man. Those on the margins and those in the center. Straight people and gay people. Democrats and Republicans. Believers and atheists. Oppressed and oppressor. Jesus’ healing is available for all.”
I am grateful for this book and will be thinking about it for a long time to come.
This is the third book I have had the pleasure of reading by Becker and it didn’t disappoint. She shares many personal stories and I appreciate her honesty and vulnerability. Her writing is compelling and relatable, and she offers a winning combination of excellent analysis along with a gracious spirit. The depth and breadth of her exploration is impressive and scripture is woven throughout the book. She draws upon the wisdom of writers, experts and scholars of many stripes: Henry Nouwen, Bessel van Der Kolk, Flannery O’Connor and Barbara Brown Taylor each make an appearance in these pages.
The book is divided into three sections: 1.) The Nature of Healing 2.) Barriers to Healing 3.) Participation in Healing. Some of my favorite themes were:
— God as a loving parent and our belovedness: “Healing is about underscoring the deep affection, ongoing care, and ever-lasting love that God has for each of us.”
— the healing power of community: she offers faith communities, support / Twelve Step groups and friendships as examples in which social connection and honest, open relationships can restore us to wholeness.
— Barriers to healing: she devotes separate chapters to the barriers of distraction, shame and anxiety and offers helpful and thoughtful reflections
— the need to come to God with our full bodies, in addition to mind and spirit
— healing is available to *all*: to the powerful and powerless; able-bodied and disabled; etc. She writes: “Jesus’ healing is for the whole of humanity, from the poorest woman to the richest man. Those on the margins and those in the center. Straight people and gay people. Democrats and Republicans. Believers and atheists. Oppressed and oppressor. Jesus’ healing is available for all.”
I am grateful for this book and will be thinking about it for a long time to come.
December 1, 2021
My opinions regarding Amy Julia Becker's forthcoming book "To Be Made Well" are mixed.
To start I was impressed by the book and the research that Becker did and included in. She quotes a wide variety of experts and writers which, to my opinion, lends her credibility. Though her story is similar in aspects to many Christian writers already out there the insights she provides don't feel redundant and the stories she shares are worth taking the time to read. She has a decent balance of psychology, sociology, and Biblical interpretation woven throughout her writing which I found refreshing.
As for what gave me pause it was some elements that to me speak to a short sightedness or at least a lack of awareness/acknowledgement. Many of the practices that Becker shares with her readers have the embedded element of a connectedness to God (to be expected); however these practices often exist outside of a connection to a deity. Further still, often these practices go back to either ancient Christian practices or practices from other belief systems. That is not addressed ever.
I am often wary of Christian self help books because they often paint God as a panacea for all the ills in ones life and therefore leave readers with an assumption (often unspoken) that modern day medicine and therapy practices are not useful. I do appreciate that Becker does occasionally address that topic and confirms that modern day medicine and doctors can also be helpful. Though I personally think that could be more firmly set into place, I was glad to see it.
Overall, I feel I gained a lot from reading this book. I had insights regarding passages of scriptures I had honestly never considered. I was able to glean more names and titles for further research on the topics. The book is fairly short and though the chapters are longish they are relatively digestable and the fact that Becker goes back to similar characters and elements throughout helps make it more accessible.
I received this as an arc from Netgalley.
To start I was impressed by the book and the research that Becker did and included in. She quotes a wide variety of experts and writers which, to my opinion, lends her credibility. Though her story is similar in aspects to many Christian writers already out there the insights she provides don't feel redundant and the stories she shares are worth taking the time to read. She has a decent balance of psychology, sociology, and Biblical interpretation woven throughout her writing which I found refreshing.
As for what gave me pause it was some elements that to me speak to a short sightedness or at least a lack of awareness/acknowledgement. Many of the practices that Becker shares with her readers have the embedded element of a connectedness to God (to be expected); however these practices often exist outside of a connection to a deity. Further still, often these practices go back to either ancient Christian practices or practices from other belief systems. That is not addressed ever.
I am often wary of Christian self help books because they often paint God as a panacea for all the ills in ones life and therefore leave readers with an assumption (often unspoken) that modern day medicine and therapy practices are not useful. I do appreciate that Becker does occasionally address that topic and confirms that modern day medicine and doctors can also be helpful. Though I personally think that could be more firmly set into place, I was glad to see it.
Overall, I feel I gained a lot from reading this book. I had insights regarding passages of scriptures I had honestly never considered. I was able to glean more names and titles for further research on the topics. The book is fairly short and though the chapters are longish they are relatively digestable and the fact that Becker goes back to similar characters and elements throughout helps make it more accessible.
I received this as an arc from Netgalley.
February 27, 2022
Ultimately, this is a book about wholeness. And what a wonderful book it is. Amy Julia Becker, whose book A Good and Perfect Gift is still one of my favorites, has written a compelling book about healing that doesn’t reduce healing to merely the curing of our physical ailments, but rather places it in the context of God’s plan for wholeness and shalom for all of creation.
Becker uses the healing of Jairus’ daughter from Mark’s gospel as a lens to examine the many ways in which we can (and should) experience God’s healing, including physical, emotional, social and spiritual healing. She shares quite candidly about her own struggles and victories over the years and discusses how the barriers of shame, anxiety and status can get in the way of healing.
One of the many things I like about this book is how practical it is. Becker encourages us to pay particular attention to the ways in which our physical pains can be our body’s way of trying to get our attention about larger issues. This book feels like the beginning of a conversation, rather than the last word on the subject, which is exactly how it should be.
I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of this book from NetGalley and I highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in healing.
Becker uses the healing of Jairus’ daughter from Mark’s gospel as a lens to examine the many ways in which we can (and should) experience God’s healing, including physical, emotional, social and spiritual healing. She shares quite candidly about her own struggles and victories over the years and discusses how the barriers of shame, anxiety and status can get in the way of healing.
One of the many things I like about this book is how practical it is. Becker encourages us to pay particular attention to the ways in which our physical pains can be our body’s way of trying to get our attention about larger issues. This book feels like the beginning of a conversation, rather than the last word on the subject, which is exactly how it should be.
I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of this book from NetGalley and I highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in healing.
March 5, 2022
Amy Julia Becker, author of “White Picket Fences” and “a good and perfect gift,” zooms in on the overlapping encounters of Jesus with the unnamed, unclean ‘bleeding woman’ and the well-known, religious leader named Jairus from Mark’s gospel, chapter 5. While different in every way, both people were in desperate need of Jesus’ healing touch. He saw, heard, and answered both of them.
Becker masterfully blends memoir and research to address the ‘Nature of Healing, Barriers to Healing and Participation in Healing.’ Affirming our individual and collective need for healing, she invites us to seek Jesus, who longs for us ‘to be made well.’
Becker masterfully blends memoir and research to address the ‘Nature of Healing, Barriers to Healing and Participation in Healing.’ Affirming our individual and collective need for healing, she invites us to seek Jesus, who longs for us ‘to be made well.’
March 18, 2022
A thoughtful exploration of the ways that mind, body, and soul work together -- or break down. The author interweaves her own story with a series of meditations on the story of Jesus and Jairus' daughter / the bleeding woman, providing a rich resource for those who want to think about healing and embodiment. Full review here: https://mereorthodoxy.com/more-than-l...
April 23, 2022
Becker divides To Be Made Well into three categories: that nature of healing, barriers to healing, and participation in healing. The first part sets the foundation for the type of healing the book is going to focus on. When you think of healing or wellness, your natural inclination might be physical healing or wellness. Healing is a major part of Jesus’s ministry, but, as Becker points out, Jesus’s healings went beyond the physical into the societal and spiritual.
To Be Made Well begins by recounting Amy Julia Becker’s personal healing journey and her struggles with chronic and unexplained pain. While I’m generally suspicious of mind-over-matter types of healing, Becker lays out a decently firm foundation for how mental health factors affect our physical health. She is absolutely correct that the Western world has divided the mind/soul and the body and that such division has caused some of our physical medical interventions to be insufficient. She is also correct that our spiritual and mental states have an indelible effect on our physical state. The only thing that I would add is that there is a difference between not feeling pain and being healed. Pain is a symptom of a problem. Not feeling the pain doesn’t necessarily take away the problem, just the alert that a problem exists. I would have liked to have seen a discussion about the positive role of pain and how listening to our pain can lead to healing.
The second part of To Be Made Well focuses on the barriers of distraction, shame, anxiety, and status. The barrier of shame is one I found especially poignant, as our society tends to accuse the individual who is unwell of being the reason for their unwellness. A stronger person wouldn’t have gotten sick. A better person would have avoided injury. Using her own story, Becker shows readers how the shame associated with sickness can be a barrier to seeking healing. Since this book is written in the continuance of the COVID-19 pandemic, Becker is able to engage with the current cultural moment to speak on how each of these barriers led some to downplay the virus and not see it as the kind of threat that, now over two years in, has killed millions.
The last part of To Be Made Well is probably the most important, as Becker discussion our participation in the healing process. She talks about physical healing, but also about communal, social, and spiritual healing. That is, healing is more than just the body. Healing means the creation of just systems. Healing means supportive and inclusive communities. Healing means giving individuals the context in which to heal. Jesus’s healings were physical, but they had the larger goal of spiritual and social healing. These healings were about restoring individuals to their communities. The woman with constant menstrual bleeding can now be ritually pure and be around family members and attend worship. Those with leprosy can rejoin their communities and no longer be outcast. Physical healing is great—but Jesus always places it in the larger society of healing relationships and healing souls.
To Be Made Well is reflective, personal story of finding insight into the nature of healing. It will expand your idea of what healing is and what it means to be healed. It’s a powerful invitation to come to a greater understanding of God as healer, to reconnect our souls and bodies, and to heal not just our personal physical body but our corporate and communal bodies struck by inequality and injustice. It’s a beautiful, holistic, powerfully-written, and compelling book.
To Be Made Well begins by recounting Amy Julia Becker’s personal healing journey and her struggles with chronic and unexplained pain. While I’m generally suspicious of mind-over-matter types of healing, Becker lays out a decently firm foundation for how mental health factors affect our physical health. She is absolutely correct that the Western world has divided the mind/soul and the body and that such division has caused some of our physical medical interventions to be insufficient. She is also correct that our spiritual and mental states have an indelible effect on our physical state. The only thing that I would add is that there is a difference between not feeling pain and being healed. Pain is a symptom of a problem. Not feeling the pain doesn’t necessarily take away the problem, just the alert that a problem exists. I would have liked to have seen a discussion about the positive role of pain and how listening to our pain can lead to healing.
The second part of To Be Made Well focuses on the barriers of distraction, shame, anxiety, and status. The barrier of shame is one I found especially poignant, as our society tends to accuse the individual who is unwell of being the reason for their unwellness. A stronger person wouldn’t have gotten sick. A better person would have avoided injury. Using her own story, Becker shows readers how the shame associated with sickness can be a barrier to seeking healing. Since this book is written in the continuance of the COVID-19 pandemic, Becker is able to engage with the current cultural moment to speak on how each of these barriers led some to downplay the virus and not see it as the kind of threat that, now over two years in, has killed millions.
The last part of To Be Made Well is probably the most important, as Becker discussion our participation in the healing process. She talks about physical healing, but also about communal, social, and spiritual healing. That is, healing is more than just the body. Healing means the creation of just systems. Healing means supportive and inclusive communities. Healing means giving individuals the context in which to heal. Jesus’s healings were physical, but they had the larger goal of spiritual and social healing. These healings were about restoring individuals to their communities. The woman with constant menstrual bleeding can now be ritually pure and be around family members and attend worship. Those with leprosy can rejoin their communities and no longer be outcast. Physical healing is great—but Jesus always places it in the larger society of healing relationships and healing souls.
To Be Made Well is reflective, personal story of finding insight into the nature of healing. It will expand your idea of what healing is and what it means to be healed. It’s a powerful invitation to come to a greater understanding of God as healer, to reconnect our souls and bodies, and to heal not just our personal physical body but our corporate and communal bodies struck by inequality and injustice. It’s a beautiful, holistic, powerfully-written, and compelling book.
October 18, 2023
Amy Julia Becker explores the process of healing by reflecting on the Biblical story of the woman healed from 12 years of hemorrhaging and the Jewish leader Jairus coming to Jesus to save his dying daughter (Mar 5.21-43). Through reflection on different aspect of the story, and sharing her own personal history with illness and healing, Becker presents a view of healing that is deeper and more expansive than mere physical healing. She talks of healing as also being emotional, spiritual, relational and social. Her writing is personal and easy to follow, despite exploring the topic of healing in a holistic way she does not leave the reader with a simple formula for seeking healing of any kind. Healing in her view is about well-being and commitment to improving the world in which we live, regardless if we receive the healing we desire. While frustrating for one seeking healing for a specific concern, her view is realistic and broader and so encourages one to look for more deeply at one’s life and the deep healing we all need
May 24, 2023
I was able to read To Be Made Well this past weekend and basically devoured it in about two sittings. I'd assumed I'd value the book because I follow Becker on social media and have appreciated the insight, tone, and reach of so much of what she's written. I also care deeply about healing and have experienced deep inner, emotional, relational, sexual, and even physical healing through both communal and medical means. What I didn't anticipate was how it would feel to read the book in the context of learning how to love our church community, where physical suffering and illness have felt, at times, like the only "acceptable" kinds of suffering to share within or even outside of the church. Becker's book speaks to this dynamic skillfully with appropriate theological nuance and prophetic invitation.
August 5, 2022
What does it mean to be healed? When we see Jesus heal people in the Bible what exactly is he healing them from and healing them to? Amy Julia Becker does an incredible job pulling back the curtain on narratives that are often read in our Western worldview of “medical healing” to see that Jesus actually is restoring people emotionally, societally, and spiritually- and sometimes that includes healing a physical ailment. This book was deep and smart without being too heady. It really made me think about what it means for Avonlea to be “healed”. In what ways do I need “to be made well”? Does Avonlea really need more healing than me or do we all need to be made well in wholistic ways that can only happen in a community of brokenness and belovedness. I really really recommend this book to challenge our community’s ideas of what is healing and wholeness!
May 22, 2022
To Be Made Well: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope by Amy Julia Becker is a wonderful resource for people who are struggling with their health. The author draws from her personal experience, research, and Scripture to paint a fuller description of health and what is possible. I think the author writes about this topic with such grace and competency. While she refers to the Scriptures throughout the book, the author never explores the role of spiritual practices in healing and health. This would have really strengthened the book for me. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.
June 22, 2022
I really enjoyed this book and felt it was very helpful in considering my relationship with my body, my emotional self, and God.
The only critique I want to make is that the author does discuss her history with disordered eating behaviors/ED in the introduction, and as someone in ED recovery myself, I would have appreciated the heads up. I listened on audio so I can't be certain there isn't a print edition that mentions this, but nothing in the audio version. I needed to skip through parts of the introduction.
The rest of the book is wonderful. I will definitely be recommending it!
The only critique I want to make is that the author does discuss her history with disordered eating behaviors/ED in the introduction, and as someone in ED recovery myself, I would have appreciated the heads up. I listened on audio so I can't be certain there isn't a print edition that mentions this, but nothing in the audio version. I needed to skip through parts of the introduction.
The rest of the book is wonderful. I will definitely be recommending it!
March 11, 2022
Amy Julia Becker writes another easy to read and relatable book as she shows how the mental, physical, spiritual, and social are all interconnected, especially when it comes to healing. She explores two stories of Mark 5, woven with her own personal testimony. Reading this book caused much self reflection and even sparked changes. I admire her ability to think and communicate outside of the box. It would be perfect for a discussion group.
July 14, 2022
"to be made well" is a fast read, 95% repetitive confessions through stories illustrating what wasn't very clear till chapter 11. In fact you could skip the first ten chapters, and read just chapters ten to thirteen if the goal of reading the book is to understand Amy Julia Becker's theories on well being in body, spirit, community, and society.
January 25, 2024
It’s rare to find a book that really shifts your world! This was it for me. Becker calls us to examine, not just our priorities in this modern world but, our mindset about what brings wholeness, and how recognizing our belovedness as children of God is the very place to start to find love and worth and healing.
February 13, 2025
I appreciate the research that went into to the book, and the artful weaving of her personal experience into the themes of each chapter. But she became repetitive later in the book and seemed to veer a bit off course when she emphasized her privileged position. Also she used a single Biblical story a bit excessively. Still, well written and insightful.
July 1, 2024
I appreciate the breadth of ths book on healing - outward and inward, as individuals and in community, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, including personal experience and grounded in scripture. Thank you, Amy Julia Becker.
May 5, 2022
I love how the author incorporates mind, body and soul into the book. She recognized limitations, but developed compassionate and empathy in many areas. It was a great read!
May 5, 2022
“To Be Made Well” by the brilliant Amy Julia Becker. For anyone struggling with pain or loss, for anyone concerned about the things that divide us, this book is for you. This book is for all of us.
January 21, 2023
Much of this book spoke to me and left me thinking. I’d love to read it again and discuss it with someone.
November 18, 2025
good and insightful. I feel like it would have been better for me in a different stage of life, though.
December 24, 2022
This title, cover and publisher give the impression this is just another book full of Christian platitudes that are helpful to no one. Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised to find it helpful and encouraging and informative to read and discuss this book in a small group this fall. Amy Julia Becker is as transparent about her own failings as she is her faith that we can embark upon a journey to be made well in Christ. She takes as her text Mark 5:21-43 and while I was familiar with the passage, I'm not sure I considered it carefully before now. I found it worthwhile to do so in good company.
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January 25, 2024I will be coming back to this one again! Whole-person health is appealing to me but truly it is not instinctual, and this book helped me see that, and think through it much much more. I loved how the author bedded down into one passage of Scripture and drew out so much for us to ponder and apply as we confront our own physical, mental and spiritual wounds, as well as those of our society st large.
May 3, 2022
An insightful book that doesn’t offer all the answers but brings hope to the questions. The author skillfully prompts readers to use the biblical story of the bleeding woman and Jairus, whose daughter is ill, as a framework to consider the multidimensional nature of healing, the barriers to healing, and ways to participate in healing. In a world where bodies, hearts, and communities are in pain, this book offers a hopeful, beautiful examination of God’s healing work of love.
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