Acknowledgements | p. 6 |
Introduction | p. 7 |
Illness and Disabilities | |
"When There Is No Miracle: Chronic Illness as a Spiritual-Journey" | p. 10 |
"Disabilities: The Injury That I Thought I Could Not Live with Has Given Purpose and Direction That I Cannot Live Without" | p. 22 |
"Second Sight: I Am Blind, but Now I See" | p. 28 |
"Mr. Jones, You have Cancer: My Illness Led to Greater Wholeness" | p. 38 |
"Little Person, Giant Heart: Perspectives from Dwarfism" | p. 48 |
"Do What the Doctor Said or You Are Dead: A Physician's Guide to Health" | p. 56 |
Grief and Loss | |
"Suicide: The Loss of Core Being" | p. 64 |
"From Darkness into the Light: How My Brother's Battle with AIDS Brought My Own Frailty into Perspective" | p. 72 |
"Losing a Child: Everything I Need to Know about Life, I Learned from My Dying Child" | p. 82 |
Life Lessons | |
"Crisis Communication: Life, What a Teacher!" | p. 90 |
"The Day the Sky Fell: Truth or Consequences" | p. 100 |
"From Religion to Reality of Righteousness: To Know God and Make Him Known" | p. 108 |
"Unanswered Prayer: Blessing in Disguise" | p. 116 |
"Living Intentionally: Personal Code of Ethics" | p. 122 |
Military | |
"Freedom is Not Free: The Price of Protection" | p. 130 |
"Elizabeth Kubler Ross's Five Stages of Dying: A Focal Lens on a Combat Tour in Iraq" | p. 138 |
"Broken Road Blessings: A Second Chance for Love" | p. 148 |
"Practicing Classroom Principles in War: A Soldier's Perception", 2nd Lt. Brenton Westbrook | p. 162 |
Social Issues | |
"A Year After Columbine: How Do We Heal a Wounded Culture?": Gov. Bill Owens, 40th Governor of Colorado | p. 168 |
"My Loss Is Your Gain: Parenting Lessons From Death" | p. 178 |
"Race Relationships: From Jasper to Jesus" | p. 190 |
"Return from Substance Abuse: Rehabilitated into Life" | p. 200 |
"God, Save Me from Myself: Healing Negative Self-Image" | p. 208 |
"Life Lessons: Officiating Sports Renewed My Life and Taught Me Communication" | p. 216 |
"Beyond Abuse: As a Woman Thinks, So Is She" | p. 224 |
"I Found God at Party School: The Power of Positive Peer Mentoring" | p. 236 |
Conclusion | p. 241 |
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