The Story That Must Be Told: True Tales of Transformation, Vol. I (Paperback)

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What will you do when life puts you to the ultimate test?

This slim volume contains 21 true stories of courage, love, endurance, and undying hope from people around the USA and UK. Follow each of our authors as they detail what it took to face impossible circumstances and powerfully transform them into forgiveness, understanding, and grace.

Are you...

haunted by a past event?

hoping to make a brand new start?

unhappy with how your life turned out?

searching for the secret to full self-esteem?

blocked by unfinished business you can't resolve?

wanting to explore or renew your relationship with God?

If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then this is the book for you to start (or re-start) your personal journal of transformation.

What one person achieves creates new possibilities for everyone in what it is to be human

From Loving Healing Press (www.LovingHealing.com)

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Loving Healing Press (May 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932690387
• ISBN-13: 978-1932690385
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,819,234 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars 22 life changing stories, July 12, 2007

By	Reader Views "www.readerviews.com" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

Reviewed by Lori Plach for Reader Views (7/07)

Are you looking for some true stories rather than all imaginary stories? Do you need some inspiration in finding out that you aren't the only one who has, or is experiencing, whatever situation you are in? It is possible to face impossible odds and come out better than when you went in. "The Story That Must Be Told: True Tales of Transformation" will give you the help you need.

"The Story That Must Be Told" is a collection of short stories dealing with a wide variety of issues. There are numerous stories on the power of forgiveness, taking personal responsibility, dealing with addictions, learning to love one self and understanding our parents. There are also chapters on listening to another culture, and overcoming disability. Depending on your circumstance, you are bound to find one of these 22 stories to apply to your particular life-change event.

This book would make excellent reading for anyone interested in psychology, as well as anyone dealing with any life-changing events. I found most of these stories inspiring, and see just what some people have endured and triumphed over. "A Snowflake" would be the one story that applied to me the most, as my maternal grandmother had the beginning stages of Alzheimer's when she died in 2004. This is a wonderful book and I look forward to more volumes like this one. Read "The Story Must Be Told" because it just may inspire you, or give you a chance to help someone else with their own life-changing circumstances.

5.0 out of 5 stars These stories must be told......., January 10, 2009

By	robin marvel (Hersey, MI) - See all my reviews

The stories in this book allow the reader to develop "real" relationships with the authors during their times of life transformation. Each story builds a foundation that you can relate your own life experience to. You will gain encouragement as well as mental strength for your own life journey while reading these short stories.

4.0 out of 5 stars Their stories told, April 7, 2008

By	RebeccasReads.com "Rebecca's Reads" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

Reviewed by Dr. Michael Philliber for RebeccasReads (4/08)

Try to imagine a round table with 19 chairs circling it. In these chairs sits a colorful menagerie of people from various faith traditions, with assorted backgrounds, having distinctive problem-solving tactics. Now picture yourself listening to each person tell their story of grief, fear, woe or worry, one after the other, and how they coped with these grievous circumstances. You will begin to notice a common theme: trouble comes in many shapes and sizes, and people struggle, more or less successfully, to become the champion over their problems. This is the value of the small paperback "The Story That Must Be Told: True Tales of Transformation," edited by Irene Watson and Victor R. Volkman.

In this short piece Watson and Volkman have pulled together 21 short stories written by the 19 people who lived them. Each narrative will strike the reader in different ways, because the authors approach their target from diverse angles. Some writers address their unique problem from the angle of faith, shamanism, yoga, or other religious experiences, while others through revelatory moments in counseling, a stroke, or a happenstance meeting with a car salesman. A few of the accounts deal with death, grief and disability. Several expound the tale of their previous addictions. Certain writers rehearse their involvement in crime and the socially/emotionally disintegrating consequences. But the theme is the same: people have troubles, whether self-inflicted, other-caused, or disease-based, and they have dealt with those troubles, more or less effectively.

Besides the occasional editorial oversight, "The Story That Must Be Told: True Tales of Transformation" is nicely put together, with the stories grouped under 10 headings. There are some real jewels in these personal recountings, and the reader will find herself surrounded by real-life people, living through real-life situations and succeeding. I would imagine that counselors, pastors, prison chaplains and others in the helping professions would be able to use some of these stories to great advantage with those who come to them for help.