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A candid and courageous book sharing a personal journey to wellbeing, through the healing stories in the Bible, which will inspire readers on their own spiritual path.
During a difficult time in her life, Lory Widmer Hess turned to the accounts of Jesus's work on earth for comfort and inspiration. She wrote poems about the lives of the people who had been touched by Christ and, over several years, added personal reflections that explored the difficulties she was facing in her marriage, the challenges of raising a family, and setbacks in her career. Gradually she learned forgiveness and self-acceptance.
In a unique blend of poetry, commentary and autobiography, this powerful book shows how we can connect our experiences to the gospel stories in a creative way that allows us to draw strength from them. At the end of each chapter, the essential meaning of the story is distilled into a simple, contemplative phrase. Readers interested in Christian spirituality will turn to this unique and remarkable book again and again for inspiration and contemplation.
'The book is inspiring on many levels: in the artistry of the poems and prose, in the depth of understanding brought to Biblical history and the healings themselves, and in the humble description of one person's journey toward healing... Lory Widmer Hess writes with a deep and painful self-honesty.' —Signe Eklund Schaefer, author of Why on Earth? and She Was Always There
'Lory takes us on an artistic, inspiring, and informative journey through the trials of her own story, and the healing she found in working artistically with the gospels. It is a treasure of a book in that it contains accessible explanations of deep spiritual knowledge out of anthroposophy, artistic and personal poetry that move the heart, and the testimony of a life lived by one who has earnestly taken up the path of discipleship.' —Rev. Anna Silber, Christian Community Priest
'Honest and experiential books grounded in sacred text are rare. With When Fragments Make a Whole, Lory extends to her readers a precious key into the Gospels� It is a book for your own journey, but it is especially a book to catapult you into standing in and with the world-healing that is our task.' —Kathryn E. Booth, Co-Founder of the Alcyon Center
'It is a calm, honest, methodical book that will intrigue anyone interested in thinking through how the Bible is applicable to the challenges of daily life.' —Bookish Beck