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Title: Gift of Pain, The by Paul W. Brand, Philip Yancey ISBN: 0-310-22144-7 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Journey not a read!
Comment: If ever there was a book that deserves accolades, this is it. And yet no amount of superlatives could express just how wonderful this book is and what it does to you. It is not so much a book about pain as a book about life. It evokes a sense of gratitude for life that will stay with you for life. How fortunate it makes you feel when you read about both the misfortune and the courage of others. And how the true meaning of life becomes apparent. Without ever telling you what to think, Dr Brand makes you think. He makes you realise that life, with all its challenges, is the great gift. There were times when reading this book that I found myself so moved emotionally that I had to stop reading, almost as if I had to take a deep breath and contemplate what I had just read. And then, slowly, I'd pick the book up again and re-read that moving passage before continuing on. This book is a journey more than a read. It is a journey you will never forget. Please buy it.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Pain is unavoidable, misery is optional"
Comment: As a physical therapy educator in a Masters program I use this book as a central theme in my class. As a PT in neurological rehabilitation I apply this perspective daily in communicating with the people I serve. The "philosphy" that Dr. Brand, through Philip Yancey's always excellent writing, explains and demonstrates is incredibly applicable to each one who reads the book. Any health professional who deals with patients in pain NEEDS to read this book. It provides a perspective of encouragement, of connection to the "gift of pain", and of understanding that although "pain is unavoidable, misery is optional" (Tim Hansel). Most importantly, this book is written with a deep compassion for a person's "holistic" suffering in mind, spirt, and body. It is an inspirational book that will touch your soul. A #1 necessary read!
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the top 10 books I have ever read
Comment: I learned about Paul Brand's work through "Soul Survivor" by Philip Yancey. I have always loved Yancey's work, and he described how Brand had greatly influenced Yancey as a young man, showing him a true picture of servanthood and love in the mold of Jesus. I ordered "The Gift of Pain" to learn more about Brand and I was not disappointed. Brand describes his childhood as a missionary kid in India, and as a young medical student in WWII England. The book is autobiographical, but more than that, because it weaves in some of Brand's spiritual revelations as well. As the title suggests, much of this book is devoted to the issue of pain. Although we try and avoid pain as much as possible, Brand came to welcome pain as a gift from God. It warns us when we are endangering ourselves, putting the members of our bodies in situations that could be harmful. Leprosy, Brand discovered, is not a disease that rots flesh, but instead dulls nerves. The damaged bodies of lepers are a result of self-inflicted injuries (i.e., stepping on nails, touching something too hot) not from leprosy itself. There are so many lessons to be learned about how we view pain in this book. Also... there is an interesting afterword that compares AIDS as the modern day leprosy.... very interesting.
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Title: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Paul Brand, Philip Yancey ISBN: 031035451X Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: In His Image by Paul Brand, Paul Brand, Philip Yancey ISBN: 031035501X Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Where Is God When It Hurts? by Philip Yancey ISBN: 0310214378 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 07 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Ten Fingers for God: The Life and Work of Dr. Paul Brand by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Philip Yancey ISBN: 0964313707 Publisher: Dick Sleeper Distribution Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing? by Philip Yancey ISBN: 0310252172 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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