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How to Handle Trouble - by John Carmody (Paperback)

How to Handle Trouble - by  John Carmody (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A masterpiece of spiritual discipline and care written in the accessible style of M. Scott Peck and Harold Kushner. Carmody shows how to work out of troubles by thinking, feeling, sharing, deciding, and praying. Regain control of your life, make sense of crises, and put yourself on the road to recovery.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>For everyone panicked by disaster, How to Handle Trouble -- written while its author struggled with bone cancer -- can be the best of allies. With rock-bottom honesty, John Carmody points the way out of trouble not through any secret expertise, but through simple techniques that come "like a warranty with your basic human equipment." Introducing us to all our inner and outer resources, he shows that fear and anxiety need not rule our days. <p/>Carmody writes about the real power of thinking, feeling, sharing, deciding, and praying, and even of the joy that comes when we are fighting a good fight. In short, this book is both balm and tonic -- everyday wisdom to help us make sense of crisis and work through it. It just may be the most important book you'll ever read.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A Sensible Guide...[that] offers inspiring advice to people faced with all manner of trouble....In compassionate and warm prose, [Carmody] shows how personal tragedy can be a catalyst for self-revelation and spiritual growth." <p/>-- Publishers Weekly <p/><br>"Reliable counsel for sufferers everywhere." <p/>-- Kirkus Reviews <p/>John Carmody is senior research fellow in religion at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of more than forty books, many written with his wife, Denise. Carmody received his B.A. and M.A. from Boston College, a licentiate in philosophy from Weston College, a Bachelor of Divinity from Woodstock College, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>John Carmody</b> is the author of more than forty books, many written with his wife, Denise. Carmody received his BA and MA from Boston College, a licentiate in philosophy from Weston College, a bachelor of divinity from Woodstock College, and his PhD from Stanford University.

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