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Is it safe? The journey toward healing, that isis it a safe journey? Dare I expose myself to Gods Word and to Gods people again? After all, it was Gods people who put me here in the first place. There are supposed to be some safe havenssome places where, when the storms of life well up around us and begin to beat us down, we can go to rest. There should be a place where we can trust people and confide in them without fear of being hurt. And when we find that place, it should stay safe and secure for us always. The church should be one of those places. We should be able to trust Gods people. At least that is the way it should be. But thats not necessarily how it is, is it? The truth is, those places dont really exist, and you have learned that the hard way. In reality, church is not all that much safer than anywhere else, and Gods people can be as meanspirited and hurtful as anyone else; maybe even more so. Books on this subject often do well to identify the plight of wounded Christians, and perhaps even some of the causes within the church. But genuine healing for the wounded Christian comes from Gods Word. This book does more than just coddle the woundedit moves them through reconciliation, recommitment and to a point of reengaging. It also includes personal contributions from coauthor Debbie Taylor Williams from her own painful experience of being hurt by the church. Already used with remarkable success in support groups for people hurt by the church, this book brings the reader healing lessons which emanate from Scripture. It is a journey not only to a point of healing but to a point of reengagement with Gods people and with ministry.
About the Author
Blake Coffee is an attorneymediator and Christian author and speaker called to a ministry of training and equipping the Body of Christ toward unity. His lawmediation practice is in San Antonio, Texas, but his ministry of reconciliation and unity spans the globe. Coffee serves as the Founder and Executive Director of Christian Unity Ministries, a nonprofit ministry which assists and equips Christian organizations to experience Biblical unity. Coffee attended Texas Tech University School of Law and received his J.D. in May, 1985, having received his B.A. in Economics from Texas Tech in May, 1982. He is married to Kappie and they have two daughters, ages 17 and 13. He currently serves as a deacon and Bible teacher at San Antonios First Baptist Church.
Is it safe? The journey toward healing, that isis it a safe journey? Dare I expose myself to Gods Word and to Gods people again? After all, it was Gods people who put me here in the first place. There are supposed to be some safe havenssome places where, when the storms of life well up around us and begin to beat us down, we can go to rest. There should be a place where we can trust people and confide in them without fear of being hurt. And when we find that place, it should stay safe and secure for us always. The church should be one of those places. We should be able to trust Gods people. At least that is the way it should be. But thats not necessarily how it is, is it? The truth is, those places dont really exist, and you have learned that the hard way. In reality, church is not all that much safer than anywhere else, and Gods people can be as meanspirited and hurtful as anyone else; maybe even more so. Books on this subject often do well to identify the plight of wounded Christians, and perhaps even some of the causes within the church. But genuine healing for the wounded Christian comes from Gods Word. This book does more than just coddle the woundedit moves them through reconciliation, recommitment and to a point of reengaging. It also includes personal contributions from coauthor Debbie Taylor Williams from her own painful experience of being hurt by the church. Already used with remarkable success in support groups for people hurt by the church, this book brings the reader healing lessons which emanate from Scripture. It is a journey not only to a point of healing but to a point of reengagement with Gods people and with ministry.
About the Author
Blake Coffee is an attorneymediator and Christian author and speaker called to a ministry of training and equipping the Body of Christ toward unity. His lawmediation practice is in San Antonio, Texas, but his ministry of reconciliation and unity spans the globe. Coffee serves as the Founder and Executive Director of Christian Unity Ministries, a nonprofit ministry which assists and equips Christian organizations to experience Biblical unity. Coffee attended Texas Tech University School of Law and received his J.D. in May, 1985, having received his B.A. in Economics from Texas Tech in May, 1982. He is married to Kappie and they have two daughters, ages 17 and 13. He currently serves as a deacon and Bible teacher at San Antonios First Baptist Church.
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