Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering

{"id":7092492468405,"title":"Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering","handle":"avoiding-bitterness-in-suffering","description":"\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eWhen Ronda Chervin’s son, Charles, ended his own life, he did so believing that it is pointless to endure inevitable suffering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eIn the wake of Charles’s death, Dr. Chervin set out to discover some of the most basic — but all too often misunderstood — answers to why God allows us to suffer, and how we can bear it with perseverance and hope.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eShe shares her discoveries in these pages, helping you understand that while there is no escape from pain, pain itself is the road into the heart of Christ where peace can be found.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eYou’ll be given encouragement and practical advice as you explore afflictions such as failure, fear, frustration, loneliness, loss, marital problems, physical pain, fatigue, and temptation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eDr. Chervin explains each affliction in detail and offers reflections on the lives of saints who suffered from the very same cross. Throughout each chapter you’re given practical suggestions on how you can meet Christ in your particular pain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eYou’ll draw wisdom from the lives and writings of saints who were addicted, depressed, exhausted, raped, and unhappily married. And among these saints, you’ll discover within their responses a pattern that you can ponder and imitate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003eAvoiding Bitterness in Suffering\u003c\/em\u003e will bring courage and hope that in Christ and in communion with his saints, you can — and will — triumph over every kind of adversity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eYou’ll also learn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 1.25rem; padding: 0px; list-style-position: outside; line-height: 1.7; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eHow you can overcome the pain associated with loneliness and isolation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFive ways to overcome doubts about the Faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFour steps to liberation from the suffering of indecision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFive ways to meet Christ in the suffering of exploitation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eWhat St. Benedict teaches us about failure – and how it changed the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eHow to cope with failure and poverty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFive ways you can transform fear into trust in Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eHow you can turn frustrations and anger into a Christian spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eHow you can respond in a holy way to marital discord, demanding spouses, physical abuse, psychological abuse, abandonment, and rage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFour ways you can turn to Christ in times of temptation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e256 pages \/ Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n","published_at":"2021-11-29T15:32:09-06:00","created_at":"2021-11-29T15:32:09-06:00","vendor":"Dr. Ronda Chervin","type":"Books - Dist","tags":["Books","Spiritual Life"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41389509181621,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"BD0344","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1895,"weight":340,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781622823031","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/angeluspress.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BD0344AvoidingBitternessinSuffering.jpg?v=1638221641"],"featured_image":"\/\/angeluspress.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BD0344AvoidingBitternessinSuffering.jpg?v=1638221641","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24644697587893,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/angeluspress.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BD0344AvoidingBitternessinSuffering.jpg?v=1638221641"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/angeluspress.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BD0344AvoidingBitternessinSuffering.jpg?v=1638221641","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eWhen Ronda Chervin’s son, Charles, ended his own life, he did so believing that it is pointless to endure inevitable suffering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eIn the wake of Charles’s death, Dr. Chervin set out to discover some of the most basic — but all too often misunderstood — answers to why God allows us to suffer, and how we can bear it with perseverance and hope.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eShe shares her discoveries in these pages, helping you understand that while there is no escape from pain, pain itself is the road into the heart of Christ where peace can be found.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eYou’ll be given encouragement and practical advice as you explore afflictions such as failure, fear, frustration, loneliness, loss, marital problems, physical pain, fatigue, and temptation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eDr. Chervin explains each affliction in detail and offers reflections on the lives of saints who suffered from the very same cross. Throughout each chapter you’re given practical suggestions on how you can meet Christ in your particular pain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eYou’ll draw wisdom from the lives and writings of saints who were addicted, depressed, exhausted, raped, and unhappily married. And among these saints, you’ll discover within their responses a pattern that you can ponder and imitate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003eAvoiding Bitterness in Suffering\u003c\/em\u003e will bring courage and hope that in Christ and in communion with his saints, you can — and will — triumph over every kind of adversity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eYou’ll also learn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul helvetica=\"\" neue=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 1.25rem; padding: 0px; list-style-position: outside; line-height: 1.7; font-family: Roboto, \"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eHow you can overcome the pain associated with loneliness and isolation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFive ways to overcome doubts about the Faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFour steps to liberation from the suffering of indecision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFive ways to meet Christ in the suffering of exploitation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eWhat St. Benedict teaches us about failure – and how it changed the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eHow to cope with failure and poverty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFive ways you can transform fear into trust in Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eHow you can turn frustrations and anger into a Christian spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eHow you can respond in a holy way to marital discord, demanding spouses, physical abuse, psychological abuse, abandonment, and rage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12px;\"\u003eFour ways you can turn to Christ in times of temptation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit;\"\u003e256 pages \/ Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n"}