When Your World Falls Apart : Life Lessons from a Ground Zero Chaplain

by Macintosh, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780781438896
• ISBN10: 0781438896
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: David C Cook

Summary

Usually it's only the "major" catastrophes-plane crashes,hurricanes, terrorist attacks-that make the news. And the most vividlyremembered tragedies in recent history took place on 9/11/01.But there are thousands of other disasters that never make the news. They happento us, our family, our friends. Death, bankruptcy, divorce, terminal illness-anyof these tragedies (and many others) can leave people feeling devastated. Whena person's world falls apart, it seems like nothing can put it back togetheragain.Mike MacIntosh, a pastor and police chaplain with specialized training in CriticalIncident Stress Management, is specially qualified to help people in times ofcrisis. He has written this book to do just that. Drawing on over thirty yearsof pastoral and counseling experience, as well as some of the painful passagesof his own life, Mike shows us the stages we go through during the course ofany personal catastrophe. Then he helps us understand what needs to happen duringeach stage and gives us hope that we can survive our own disaster and move forward.As a member of a National Disaster Response Team, Mike was on call for the monthof September, 2001 and spent several weeks ministering to rescue personnel atthe site of the World Trade Center disaster. Though he describes some of hisNew York encounters, this is not primarily a book about Ground Zero. Its mainpurpose is to help you make it through your own devastating experiences, andthen move forward with God.

Author Biography

Mike Macintosh is pastor of Horizon Christian Fellowship in San Diego, California. He also serves as chaplain for the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego County Sheriff's Office and is a former reserve police officer

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(2)
Preface	11	(2)
Introduction	13	(6)
Section I: Disaster	19	(50)
Make or Break?	21	(6)
Bitter or Better?	27	(10)
Frustration or Forgiveness?	37	(8)
The Higher Road	45	(10)
Communication	55	(14)
Section II: Rescue	69	(60)
Respect	71	(10)
Peace	81	(10)
Love	91	(10)
Identity	101	(10)
Freedom	111	(8)
Hope	119	(10)
Section III: Recovery	129	(38)
Expectancy	131	(10)
Faith	141	(8)
Strength	149	(8)
Perseverance	157	(10)
Section IV: Closure	167	(2)
Word Power	169	(10)
God's Perspective	179	(10)
Safe Harbor	189	(10)
Moving Forward	199	(12)
Begin to Rejoice	211