Being Well When We're Ill

I have just finished reading Marva Dawn's new book Being Well When We're Ill: Wholeness and Hope in Spite of Infirmity. Marva Dawn is one of my favorite authors. She is a person who has suffered much physically, lives with multiple disabilities and offers deep reflections on different dimensions of ministry. She is an articulate theologian and a critic of western culture. In this latest of her writings, she reflects on diverse topics that impact those of us who suffer with infirmity.

Her book that most impacted me is Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Aflluent Society. In the book, she details the impact of technology as well as the increasing gap between the haves and have nots of our world. Those of us who live in the western world essentially are the haves and yet because we live inside an affluent culture, we no longer know what to value. This fuels deep dissatisfaction which in turn fuels more consuption which in turn increases the gap between the rich and the poor.

I recommend Marva's works including those on worship and living in community.