Escape Routes: For People Who Feel Trapped in Life}}}s Hells [Paperback]

You name the hell...there is a way out.After decades of pastoral counseling, Johann Christoph Arnold still marvels at our capacity to make life miserable for ourselves and one another. This book, his tenth, maps out a sure way out of lifes hells and toward a happy, meaningful life.

In contrast to the makeoversand quick fixes hawked by popular culture,Escape Routesoffers a tougher prescription. Using real-life stories as travel guides, Arnold exposes the root causes of loneliness, frustration, alienation, and despair and shows how anyone, regardless of their age, income bracket, or social status, can find freedom and new life. The choices he presents are clear: to be selfish or selfless, to forgive or to hate, to burn with lust or with love.

No matter what your problems,or who you are, this book will help you on your way, provided youre ready to take its medicine.
,br>Arnold writes:Call it life, call it hell: theres not a person Ive met who hasnt been lonely, discouraged, depressed, or guilt-ridden at one time or another, if not sick, burned-out, or at sea in a relationship. Sometimes I know this because they have told me about their problems; sometimes I can tell just by looking in their eyes. Thats what got me started on this bookthe fact that all of us have known some form of hell in our lives, and that insofar as any of us find freedom, confidence, companionship, and community, we will also know happiness.1. Loneliness, 2. Against Despair 3. Rescuing the Past 4. Success? 5. Sex 6. Crucibles 7. Suffering 8. Rebirth 9. Travel Guides 10. AngelsBeautiful&Arnold does not give us a magic formula for coping with lifes hells  there is none  but gently reminds us that the first step begins with ourselves. Drawing on the wisdom of men and women of many faiths, this book is one that can be appreciated by all.Escape Routesis a gem of a bookfrom an infinitely wise pen  a lucid, poetic, andlÖ